A HIGH-RISE STORAGE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN KULMBACH, GERMANY, had a large fire from top to bottom of the 120-ft.-high building today. The former lagering (or cellaring building) was not being used by the Kulmbacher Brewery and was undergoing early phases of demolition when the fire broke out around 1:30 pm local time Wednesday afternoon. It appears that the fire was mostly located along the exterior walls behind the facade.
Frankenpost / Unger photo
The massive amounts of smoke generated by the fire filled the entire city center and could be seen for many miles away. The fire brigade turned out over 200 firefighters and reportedly had the fire under control by 4:00 pm. There is no estimate yet to the amount of damages. But since the building was being torn down anyway, most of the damage will probably be to the demolition company’s equipment.
Frankenpost / Harke photo
The building is one of many in the large brewery complex, but it appears to have been contained to the one building.
These four videos are each only about one minute in duration:
There is a 154-image photo gallery of the fire HERE.
Story sourced from FWNetz.de with help from Christian L.
Frankenpost / Folsche photo
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