A fire alarm system wasn’t installed in the building because experts did not consider it necessary.

A new fire station in Germany that was destroyed in a fire, causing millions of euros in damage, did not have a fire alarm system.

The fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Stadtallendorf fire station in Hesse and destroyed the equipment hall and almost a dozen emergency vehicles, according to local media.

Initial estimates put the damage at between €20 million and €24 million. No one was injured.

Local officials told the German news agency dpa that no fire alarm system was installed in the building because experts had considered it not necessary — much to the astonishment of many observers now that the station has burned down.

  • Kazumara
    93·
    1 month ago

    Still weird that you call Hessen Hesse in English. Just looks like the end is missing.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 month ago

      Gude ( local salutation from Hesse ). The state is called Hesse, the people are Hessian or Hessen. Written as I sit in a bar in Hesse.

      • Kazumara
        5·
        1 month ago

        Ja mit dem Nutzernamen muss ich dir den Hessen wohl abnehmen :D

        Aber Hessen als Gegend heisst doch nur auf Englisch “Hesse” und auf Deutsch “Hessen” oder verwurstle ich da was?

        Grüsse aus der Schweiz