Explosion and fire at Berlin high -rise: fire brigade in large -scale operation!

Explosion and fire at Berlin high -rise: fire brigade in large -scale operation!

On Monday morning, a devastating fire broke out on the roof of the John Year in Berlin-Tiergarten, which had a massive cloud of smoke drove over large parts of the city. As the Tagesspiegel was alerted at 8:26 am. About 130 emergency services were quickly on site to combat the fire, which was probably caused by gas bottles. However, the exact cause of the outbreak remains unclear.

The John Year House, which was designed by the German-American architecture firm Barkow Leibinger and extends to the corner of Kurfürstenstraße/An der Urania, offers an impressive height of around 70 meters with its 17 floors. During the extinguishing work, it turned out that the firefighters could not use aerial ladders due to the height of the building. Instead, the hoses had to be pulled through the stairwell until the 17th floor, which the fire fighting, as well as the CTIF is.

Overall, this incident has sparked a broad discussion about fire protection measures in high -rise buildings, and the authorities are required to ensure that such events can be prevented in the future.