Brand disaster at the Centro: Christmas market can open again!

Brand disaster at the Centro: Christmas market can open again!

A dramatic fire in the Centro Oberhausen caused excitement on Thursday evening. Loud derwesten.de If the fire broke out in an empty restaurant, while the adjacent Christmas market, which was strongly visited at the time, had to be cleared quickly. Fair -high flames hit the building, and a large cloud of smoke was visible from afar. The fire brigade was on site with around 80 emergency services and, for security reasons, only had to fight against the fire from the outside because the building was considered unstable.

The situation was brought under control in good time, and on Friday morning the shopping center announced that the fire was completely deleted. How WDR reported, the population was never endangered by the flue gas, and there were no injuries. The Christmas market was able to open its doors again on Friday. "We thank the emergency services for their fast and efficient use," said a spokeswoman for the Centros. Nevertheless, the future of the burned-out "Pagoda" building remains uncertain, and many citizens remember with horror of previous similar incidents as the fire in an Irish Pub on New Year's Eve 2012.