Big fire in a commercial area! A workshop for plant and district heating technology burned down to the ground.
A patrol car crew noticed smoke rising from the “KMR Anlagentechnik” building on Neuendorfer Strasse on Monday afternoon and alerted the fire brigade at around 3:45 p.m.
The emergency services moved in with a large contingent. “There was a lot of smoke,” said a fire department spokesman. The police blocked surrounding streets.
The smoke also moved to the nearby Vivantes Klinikum Spandau. At times, the operations management even had to consider evacuating the hospital. Luckily that wasn’t necessary. The hospital just closed all the windows.
The fire brigade was busy extinguishing the 250 square meter complex for hours.
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Around 77 emergency services were on duty until around 11:30 p.m.
The fire brigade was called out again on Tuesday. Embers had flared up – it was smoking again. After the rest of the work, the fire was finally extinguished.
The police are investigating on suspicion of serious arson.