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

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.

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
    3•18 hours 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.

    • @[email protected]
      4•17 hours 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