Drama in Lower Saxony: Holiday home burns completely!
Drama in Lower Saxony: Holiday home burns completely!
On Saturday morning, a holiday home in the leisure and camping park TESPE, Lower Saxony. The emergency call was discontinued at around 2 a.m. when the approximately 200 square meter holiday home was on fire. The control center of the district of Harburg alerted the fire brigades from Tespe, Avendorf, Marschacht and Bütlingen as well as the emergency services and the police.
The head of the operations called for support from a turntable ladder for fire fighting, which was requested from Geesthacht. This was used to fight the fire through the collapsed roof. Despite the intensive fire, which led to an extreme fire development through the wood construction of the house, the fire brigade managed to prevent the flames from spreading to neighboring holiday homes. Drone shots with thermal imaging camera supported the operations management, while the extinguishing work was initially carried out by destroyed windows and later also from above with the aerial ladder. Wooden walls had to be torn down to delete all fire nests. Fortunately, there were no injuries. The cause of the fire remains unclear how ln online reported.
fire of a fire station in Stadtallendorf
Another fire occurred on Wednesday morning, October 16, 2024, when the fire station in Stadtallendorf opened on flames. The building, which had only been inaugurated half a year earlier and had a value of around 16 million euros, was badly damaged by the fire. The estimated damage amounts to 20 to 24 million euros. Around a dozen fire engines burned in the vehicle hall. Fortunately, there were no injuries here either.
According to reports, the fire station did not have a fire alarm system. Around 170 emergency services, including fire departments from several municipalities and the emergency services, were on site. The State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of the Interior, Martin Rößler (CDU), visited the site and announced help from the State of Hesse. The mayor of Stadtallendorf, Christian Somogyi (SPD), also broke off his autumn vacation to return. In addition, a crisis intervention team was sent to the site to look after the firefighters. Residents were asked to keep windows and doors closed because of the smoke development. Initial information indicates that a fire brigade vehicle could have been the cause of the fire, such as fr.de reported.| Details | |
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| Ort | Tespe, Niedersachsen, Deutschland |
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