Thick smoke puffs up from a subway entrance. A major alarm was triggered at Hamburg Central Station on Friday morning. Parts of the station have been evacuated.
Hamburg – Shortly after rush hour, the emergency call came in: There is a fire in the Hamburg North Central Station. The underground traffic was temporarily stopped. The elevated railway interrupted operations on the U2 and U4 underground lines. Emergency services from the Hamburg fire brigade moved out immediately. An office building near Hamburg’s main train station * has also been temporarily evacuated, reports 24hamburg.de .
Thick smoke at Hamburg Central Station: fire brigade evacuated
Heavy clouds of smoke could be seen in the area around the station. The smoke pulled out of the entrance to the station. A fire broke out in a work room on the elevated railway. The paint and varnish in the storage room had caught fire.
According to the fire department, two people suffered slight smoke inhalation. But they refused medical treatment, reports hamburg.de . According to a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn, train travelers could only perceive a slight smell of burning.
A fire brigade went ahead under respiratory protection to extinguish the flames. 60 firefighters were on site. Meanwhile, the underground traffic on the U2 and U4 lines is running again, as the Hochbahn reports on Twitter. The cause of fire was unclear for the moment. (ml) * Merkur.de and 24hamburg.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA
