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A fire brigade operation is underway in Bremen on Monday evening. A barn is on fire in the middle of Rablinghausen. The cause of the fire is still unclear.
Update from Monday, October 28th, 10:01 p.m.: A major fire rocked an agricultural building in Bremen-Rablinghausen on Monday evening (October 28th) around 7:50 p.m. The news agency Nord-West-Media TV reported in the evening that the fire had broken out in an old barn on Stromer Strasse and required the deployment of around 60 firefighters.
The dense development in this area of the city, where the surrounding houses are directly adjacent to the barn, presented an additional challenge. Although the burning building is on a former agricultural site, the city has now grown around the site. This required additional measures to protect the adjacent residential buildings.
On Monday evening, a former barn burned down in the Rablinghausen district of Bremen © Nord-West-Media TV
Barn fire in Bremen: Fire brigade on duty for hours
The barn was apparently still used as a storage place for agricultural machinery and equipment as well as hay and straw. When the emergency services arrived, the roof of the barn was already completely engulfed in flames and the roof was no longer accessible due to the risk of collapse. Therefore the fire had to be fought from outside.
The heavy smoke initially caused a significant odor nuisance and made visibility difficult. The fire department recommended that residents keep windows and doors closed. Despite the size of the fire, no other buildings were directly at risk, so the emergency services were able to contain the source of the fire in a targeted manner.
Due to the size of the fire, the extinguishing work was very complex and will probably take several hours.
Barn in Bremen is on fire – fire brigade on duty
First report from Monday, October 28th, 8:58 p.m.: Bremen – A former barn on Stromastraße in the Rablinghausen district of Bremen caught fire on Monday evening, October 28th, around 7:50 p.m.
Like the news agency Nord-West-Media TV Reportedly, a large fire brigade is deployed to fight the fire. The central location of the building in the city represents an additional challenge for the extinguishing work.
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