The roof of a kindergarten is on fire in Niederdorfelden in the Main-Kinzig district. The situation was apparently more dangerous than previously thought.
Update from Monday, August 1st, 11:45 a.m.: It was a shock at noon on Friday when suddenly black clouds of smoke rose above the daycare center on Lindenplatz in Niederdorfelden. The photovoltaic system on the flat roof of the building caught fire. Unlike the first information on Friday afternoon, the situation was very serious. “We were lucky in misfortune,” says Mayor Klaus Büttner in an interview with our editors on Monday morning. The head of the town hall rushed to the day care center at 12.20 p.m. immediately after the emergency services were alerted.
“Parts of the roof fell down into the hallway of the daycare center,” reports Büttner. “The roofing felt and the insulation on the flat roof burned through quite quickly in the area of the skylights over an area of three to four metres. It would be unimaginable if children or teachers had been running down the aisle at that moment.”
Burning daycare roof in the Main-Kinzig district: the building cannot be used for the time being
Around 25 to 30 children were in the building at the time. A group had gone on an excursion. Luckily no one was injured. However, one teacher suffered a shock. “The educators reacted calmly and quickly and took the children outside to safety,” praises Büttner. “The fire brigade also did a good job and were on site quickly.”