Great fire in Gifhorn: Damage one million euros and evacuated residents!

Great fire in Gifhorn: Damage one million euros and evacuated residents!

In the night from Sunday to Monday there was a dramatic major fire in downtown Gifhorn, more precisely in the sandmill on Steinweg, where a popular burger restaurant is housed. As the az online was alerted by attentive witnesses at around 11:25 p.m. The fire spread out quickly on the upper floor and the roof structure, supported by strong wind conditions that are still looking at the flames.

The fire brigade units were quickly on hand and took over the fire fighting. However, parts of the upper floor had to be demolished to finally extinguish the flames. The lively emergency services were busy with the extinguishing work until the early hours of the morning to prevent the fire from spreading further. Fortunately, there were no injuries because all residents of the adjacent house could be evacuated in time. Nevertheless, the fire left considerable damage caused by experts to around one million euros. In addition, a window pane of the adjacent building was damaged and flue gases entered the apartments.

repeated fire events provide concerns

This major fire is not the first incident of this kind in the city center. According to NDR

The importance of prevention is undeniable, and while the number of victims in Gifhorn remained low, the vfdb (association to promote German fire protection) that Germany does not lead to uniform fire statistics. The establishment of a statistics pool only began in 2010, hoping to collect well -founded data on the causes of fire and consequences. With over 5,000 fire brigade reports used, this incident in Gifhorn could possibly lead to a clearer analysis and improved measures.

The city's citizens should be aware of closing windows and doors when such situations occur to protect themselves from harmful flue gases. It remains to be hoped that the ongoing investigations will soon be able to clarify the causes of the fire and future fire events can be prevented.

While the community processes the aftermath of this incident, it is important to stick together and support each other. The security of the residents must be in the top priority so that Gifhorn remains a safe place to live.