Overview
- The fire broke out in a Horn-Lehe commercial hall before 4 a.m. after a caller reported a burning smell and heavy smoke.
- The roughly 30-by-30 meter structure was fully ablaze on arrival, and crews attacked from the ground and from aerial ladders.
- More than 100 responders worked for over 12 hours in a coordinated operation that included drone scouting, a communications unit, and logistics support.
- Collapse risk and pressurized gas cylinders led firefighters to use a remote foam-water monitor and bring in a demolition excavator.
- A public smoke alert went out, and workers next door with irritated airways were checked by medics without hospital transport, while the cause remains under investigation after the blaze was declared out around 3:45 p.m.