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.

  • Schmuppes@lemmy.today
    15·
    21 hours ago

    By the municipality, probably with substantial grants from the state of Hesse in this case. The crazy part is that the building was insured and the insurance company gave their green light after inspecting the new building. Someone’s gonna be mad over there.