Overview
- A large blaze broke out on the Stuttgarter Großmarkt Friday evening, spreading through two market halls and forcing a prolonged, multi‑agency response.
- Firefighters, the Technisches Hilfswerk and Red Cross deployed up to 350 personnel and heavy equipment and pumped water from the Neckar to fight the fire.
- Parts of the halls partly collapsed and crews had to fight from the outside while THW used excavators to remove debris and reach hotspots.
- Police estimate at least double‑digit millions of euros in preliminary damage, and investigators from Dezernat 11 and the Landeskriminalamt have opened a criminal probe into the cause.
- No injuries have been reported, air measurements show no immediate health hazard, and authorities say regional food supply is not yet endangered despite the market's role as a major fresh‑food hub.