The fire brigade moved out to the Augsburg district of Kriegshaber on Monday. The roof of a new building had caught fire. Local residents have been warned.
It was around 2:45 p.m. on Monday afternoon when the fire brigades and the police have been alerted. In the Augsburg district warlord On the corner of Tunnelstrasse and Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse, a large area of a roof caught fire on the construction site of a new building. After just a few minutes, a cloud of dark smoke rose into the sky over Kriegshaber and could be seen from miles away. The police cleared the affected area. Several gas bottles had to be brought to safety. The fire brigade asked residents to keep windows and doors closed because of the heavy smoke.
The fire brigade moved out to the Augsburg district of Kriegshaber on Monday. The roof of a new building had caught fire.
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The population was also informed accordingly via the NINA warning app. The warning was lifted around 4:30 p.m. As reported by police spokesman Markus Trieb, insulation material on the roof of the shell had apparently caught fire. According to information from the Augsburg professional fire brigade, it was sometimes styrofoam. In the event of a fire, the material generates enormous amounts of smoke. The fire spread over an area of over 500 square meters, Trieb said.
Fire in a residential complex in Augsburg-Kriegshaber: fire quickly under control
The fire was under control after about 20 minutes. According to the police, neither the emergency services nor the residents were injured. Three extinguishing trains from the Augsburg professional fire brigade were in action and the volunteer firefighters Neusäß and several police patrols.
The shell of the building is obviously a residential complex that is currently under construction. 150 residential units, including a number of so-called micro-apartments and a few penthouses, are planned there. As stated on the corresponding website, the residential complex is expected to be completed in July of this year.
Roof fire on apartment construction site in Kriegshaber
Photo: Annette Zoepf, Philipp Kinne, Ulrich Wagner
Since considerable damage is assumed, according to Trieb, the criminal police carried out investigations into the cause of the fire. Apparently, several craftsmen were at the construction site on Monday. However, whether concrete work on the roof took place is also the subject of the investigation. Also in the night on Tuesday was dThe site of the fire was checked several times for any embers.
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