Firefighters battle blaze at Gardelegen building complex, residents warned
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- Firefighters deployed 21 vehicles early Wednesday to tackle a fire at a building complex in Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt.
- Authorities issued a smoke warning for residents and reported partial closures affecting federal roads 188 and 71.
- Initial information indicated that no one had been injured, while the extent of the damage remained unclear.
A building complex in Gardelegen, in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel district, has been burning since the night, prompting authorities to warn residents about smoke.
The Altmark control center said firefighters were still working to extinguish the blaze early Wednesday. Twenty-one fire-service vehicles had been sent to the scene.
The warning covers Gardelegen and parts of two federal roads: the B188 near Kloster Neuendorf and the B71 near Zienau. Residents in the affected area were advised to keep their windows and doors closed.
Initial findings indicated that no one had been injured. Authorities had not yet released details about the size of the fire, the amount of damage or the type of building complex involved.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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