Inferno destroys fire station in Germany, building did not have fire alarms

Fire station in Germany burns down due to lack of fire alarms

On Wednesday (17 Oct) morning, Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse, Germany burned down in a fire.

It has also been revealed that the building did not have any fire alarms. AP News reported that experts did not consider the alarms necessary.

Fire burns down fire station on 17 Oct

At around 4am on 17 Oct, firefighters were woken up by a bell alerting them to a fire.

They then found that one of the fire department’s emergency vehicles containing lithium-ion batteries had gone ablaze.

Norbert Fischer, the head of the State Fire Brigade Association of the state of Hesse said that the fire had spread at “breakneck speed”.

Authorities estimated that the fire station suffered around €20 million to €24 million (S$28 million to S$34 million) worth of damage.

The equipment hall and around a dozen emergency vehicles were among the many things destroyed.

Despite the extent of the property damages, no one was injured in the blaze.

Speaking to German news outlet Hessenschau, Mr Fischer said that although fire alarms were not mandatory for the building, they should still be considered in principle due to the many batteries that were being charged at the base.

When it was opened last year, local media called the building “state-of-the-art”. According to Hessenschau, it was even the most modern fire station in the district.

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Featured image adapted from The Telegraph and Mirror.