Fire in Rothenburgsort
27 hours after the first fire report: extinguishing work in Hamburg continues
STORY: According to the fire brigade, after a major fire developed in a warehouse in the Hamburg district of Rothenburgsort, the flames in Billstrasse were brought under control. However, the extinguishing work continued and could continue until Monday night, the media reported. The smoke cloud, many meters high, could be seen and smelled from miles away on Easter Sunday. Residents rotated the dark smoke with their smartphones. The cause of the fire was initially unclear. In the morning, before eight o’clock, an official alarm message had reached the mobile phones of the people in the Hanseatic city and must have roused many and many people from their sleep. In the early afternoon, the all-clear was given the same way. At first there was talk of “extreme danger” because of escaping smoke gases. Residents of the district were asked to keep windows and doors closed.
The major fire in Hamburg is still being fought. According to police, the extinguishing work could take the whole day. It is still unclear why the fire broke out.
The major fire that destroyed several warehouses in Hamburg on Easter Sunday was still not extinguished the following day. A police spokesman said early Monday that 27 hours after the first fire was reported, the firefighting work had still not been completed. He assumed that the operation would continue throughout the day. There was still no information on the property damage or the cause of the fire.
Early on Sunday, a large area of a car dealer’s warehouse complex in the Rothenburgsort district was on fire. According to the police on Sunday, the fire initially ignited on vehicles, washing machines and other stored goods outdoors. Several so-called IBC containers then burst on the site because they contained flammable liquids.
There were no injuries in the major fire. However, a huge cloud of smoke was drawn in the direction of the city center, which is why a warning was issued for the Hamburg population on Sunday morning about dangerous smoke gases. Local and long-distance traffic in the east of the city was restricted for several hours.