The hamburg fire brigadein Germanyhave declared the state of “extreme danger” from toxic gases. He The fire started in the early hours of Sunday morning and from early in the morning the authorities warned about the presence of a large cloud of toxic gases.
Total, 140 residents were evacuated from the affected area, but in the following hours it was observed that the cloud was moving rapidly towards the center from Hamburg. “The center of Hamburg is completely dark”a spokesman for the local fire brigade told DPA.
The local police called the population to close the doors and windows of their houseswhile some two hundred members of the fire brigade try to extinguish the fire. The warning from the authorities applies to the entire center of Hamburg and to practically the outskirts, while warning that there had been dangerous chemicals.
In the industrial district of #Rothenburgsort in the #German city of #Hamburg there was a massive fire in a warehouse.
Presumably, chemicals had been stored there. The fire department warns the city’s population about the toxic smoke. pic.twitter.com/JZ1sismGR1
– NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 9, 2023
“The population of the Hamburg area may be affected by the smoke gases and the chemical components of the air who breathe due to fire. Right now we do not detect a high reading but we remain alert,” reports the local Police on its website.
On the contrary, the fire unit has not yet provided information on the content stored in the ships, now burned. However, sources from the local public channel NDR assume that the flames are expelling hydrogen sulfide abroad, for which respirators are necessary.
Due to the effects of the local electricity service, the railway services Deutsche Bahn They have had to suspend their benefits.
