Flats and Berlin Schaubühne broken by heavy rain

Heavy rain on Sunday night time broken the Berlin Schaubühne and a residential constructing within the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district.

A spokesman for the hearth division mentioned 27 flats in the home on Mecklenburgische Strasse have been evacuated. The water entered the home via a damaged roof and the affected flats have been unstable, the spokesman mentioned.

The electrical energy was turned off in your complete constructing. The spokesperson couldn’t say what number of flats there are within the constructing or how many individuals are affected in whole. The representatives of the realm took care of the lodging of the those that night time.

The again flap on the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz had a defect, which is why the rainwater from the sewage system was pushed again into the home, the hearth division spokesman mentioned. The primary and second basement flooring are affected. At instances there would have been 10 to twenty centimeters of water in an space of ​​600 sq. meters.

The hearth division was on the scene with 14 emergency providers on Sunday morning to pump out the basement. The operation lasted 4 and a half hours. There was additionally the Berliner Wasserbetriebe and so they established a so-called barrier bubble. You possibly can consider it as a giant balloon within the pipe that’s meant to be sealed. After the hearth division​​​​pumped out the water, the constructing was returned to the operator.

There are presently no exhibits going down on the Schaubühne. There’s a break from 19 July to 1 September.

Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, July 28, 2024, 8:00 am