Huge cloud of smoke to be seen – fire in Neu-Hohenschönhausen – B.Z. Berlin

On Friday morning, a large cloud of smoke rose over houses in Neu-Hohenschönhausen.

The fire broke out around 11:45 a.m. on a flat roof of a 12-story high-rise in Wiecker Strasse.

Construction work is currently taking place there, and the building is scaffolded. “It burned on an area of ​​300 meters,” says a fire department spokesman for the B.Z ..

#Fire on a roof in # Neu_Hohenschönhausen. We are currently deployed with around 70 people or on the journey. Firefighting has started. The # Smoke development is visible from afar.
More information will follow …

– Berlin Fire Brigade (@Berliner_Fw) April 3, 2020

The huge column of smoke was visible for miles. Local residents its not been in danger. There are currently 120 emergency services on site. The deletion continues, the spokesman said. The fire is under control.

According to the traffic information center, Zingster Straße between Ahrenshooper Straße and Ribnitzer Straße is closed in both directions.

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