Last night, 8 houses in the town center of my hometown burnt down (and they are still burning, actually, at least the fire fighters are still at work, and they probably will be at least for another night).
The fires broke out in two different spots (about 600 m away from each other) and the flames must have been 10 metres high in the dark sky this early morning. 8 houses (we have these old half-timbered houses here, hundreds of years old) were affected and some of them are completely destroyed, and 6 people are in hospital with smoke poisoning, two kids inclused. Luckily no one seems to be seriously injured. But more people had to be evacuated from their houses with ladders this morning. 170 firefighters were at work, and I think most of them are still there.
When I went downtown at noon, the worst was over, but the town looked like a mess. The affected areas were widely closed for the public, and fire fighters, ambulances and all kind of helpers were all over the town. I took some photos to document what was going on. The first were taken from the tower of Tillyschanze from where you could see the whole damage:
(To be continued)
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