Fire damages Berlin-Wedding bookshop and fills residential stairwells with smoke
More than 80 firefighters attended a shop blaze on Malplaquetstraße; occupants left safely and no injuries were reported.
A fire broke out in an antiquarian bookshop in Berlin-Wedding on Tuesday evening, sending smoke into the stairwells of a six-storey building that also contains flats. The Berlin fire service deployed more than 80 personnel, according to Tagesspiegel and WELT.
The fire started in the ground-floor business on Malplaquetstraße. When crews arrived, heavy smoke had filled two adjacent stairwells, forcing firefighters to use ventilation fans before they could safely check the rest of the property.
Firefighters initially feared that the flames had spread to rooms above the shop because of the extreme heat. A search established that the fire had not extended into the first-floor accommodation, the fire service told the news outlets.
Residents and staff had already left the building on their own before emergency responders arrived. Nobody required rescue and no injuries were reported, according to the fire brigade.
Crews checked several flats and spent much of the evening removing heat-damaged contents from the shop so they could extinguish remaining hotspots. The building was still being monitored later that night.
Authorities had not given a cause for the fire or a final damage estimate in the source material. The incident involved a bookshop in Wedding and is separate from the Charlottenburg bar fire reported on a different day and street.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 Firefighters attended a blaze at an antiquarian bookshop on Malplaquetstraße in Berlin-Wedding.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 More than 80 responders were deployed and two stairwells filled with smoke.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 Occupants evacuated themselves and no injuries were reported.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 Fire did not spread into the first-floor flats.
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- Unconfirmed The cause, financial losses and complete building assessment were not specified.
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Why it matters for Europe
The smoke threatened access to homes above a ground-floor business, requiring a large response and checks of occupied flats. The absence of injuries and limited spread helped prevent a more serious residential emergency.
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Questions and answers
- Were residents injured?
- No injuries were reported; people had left the building before firefighters arrived.
- Where did the fire begin?
- Inside a ground-floor antiquarian bookshop in Wedding.
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