Fires: Millions in harm anticipated in fireplace close to Tegelbergbahn | EUROtoday

Millions in harm was in all probability attributable to the fireplace in an organization constructing on the Tegelbergbahn in Schwangau (Ostallgäu district). The fireplace division was nonetheless busy extinguishing the fireplace within the morning, a police spokesman stated. Among different issues, the emergency companies must open the roof to extinguish the final flames contained in the constructing. Access to the mountain railway is at present utterly closed.

The burning constructing is alleged to comprise pumps for the mountain railway and a mountain rescue depot with, amongst different issues, snow groomers. People are usually not at risk. According to the spokesman, the railway itself was not affected by the fireplace. A complete of round 150 firefighters are on obligation.

The mountain railway is situated west of Füssen, close to the border with Austria. The cable automobile takes hikers and skiers to over 1,700 meters.

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