Cloud with 'chemical components' drifts towards Hamburg after fire

‘Extreme danger’ warning in Hamburg as cloud with ‘chemical components’ drifts towards city centre after fire at storage facility

  •  Police are advising people to stay indoors with their windows closed after a fire
  • There have been 140 people evacuated in Hamburg as the cloud drifts towards 
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A cloud with possible ‘chemical components’ has drifted towards Hamburg city centre, sparking an ‘extreme danger’ warning. 

Police have advised people to close their windows after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city. 

The fire broke out at around 4.30am at a storage facility, in the Rothenburgsort district, forcing 140 people to evacuate, according to German news agency DPA.

Smoke drifted from there towards the city centre, with national railway company Deutsche Bahn halting long-distance trains between Hamburg and Berlin and other cities.

A public safety alert has been sent through a mobile phone app, advising people to close windows, turn off ventilation and air conditioning.

Huge flames rise from a fire in Hamburg, Germany, sparking an ‘extreme danger’ warning and the evacuation of 140 people

Heavy smoke rises during a major fire in Hamburg-Rothenburgsort, as police have advised people to close their windows after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city

Residents are also being told to avoid the area, with police classifying the smoke as ‘extreme danger’.

Public broadcaster NDR said the fire involved containers with hydrogen sulphide and a toxic and foul-smelling substance.

This forced firefighters and police officers in the area to wear breathing apparatus. 

There are no reports of casualties as a result of the possible chemical-carrying cloud.

Some 140 people were evacuated, and it is not yet possible to say exactly how dangerous the situation is, a police spokesperson said.

Police officers stand at the Hamburg-Rothenburgsort train station in Hamburg as residents are also being told to avoid the area, with police classifying the smoke as ‘extreme danger’

A spokesperson for the fire department said they had reduced the threat level somewhat, even though the fire is still burning, but that people should remain indoors with windows closed.

Multiple police, fire and other emergency workers were at the scene as a thick cloud of dark smoke billowed upwards.

The police spokesperson said the sky had darkened as a result, but the weather made it difficult to determine how much was smoke and how much was clouds.

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