Overview
- The alarm rang around 9 a.m. Tuesday and crews quickly responded to a blaze that began in a laboratory extraction (fume) unit at BioNTech’s Mainz site.
- Firefighters put out the flames in roughly one hour and then carried out extended smoke clearance before the on-site operation ended in the early afternoon.
- About 80 emergency personnel took part, including roughly 60 firefighters plus THW, police, ambulance teams and medical disaster-control units.
- Three employees received medical treatment and were taken to nearby hospitals as a precaution; authorities have not released details on the severity of their conditions.
- BioNTech said there was no danger to local residents and warned that police and the company are still investigating the fire’s cause and the extent of property or operational damage, a development that could affect short-term work at the site.