Overview
- A grease fire began in a restaurant inside a Dachau shopping centre, leading to the building’s evacuation and ongoing firefighting operations.
- Three people were hurt, including a 56-year-old cook who suffered severe facial burns and was airlifted to a clinic for specialist care.
- Fire crews said flames travelled through the centre’s ventilation system to the roof and produced smouldering hotspots that made suppression difficult.
- Authorities asked nearby residents to stay indoors with windows and doors closed while the fire service set a night fire watch and left the centre closed for now.
- Kriminalpolizei Fürstenfeldbruck will examine the scene to determine cause and liability, and police have not yet provided an estimate of structural or financial damage.