Overview

• Fire broke out Thursday morning around 10:20 local time at a paint and varnish hall on Kaninchenborn in Lübeck’s Genin district.
• About 150 firefighters battled the blaze in a 90-by-20-meter building with support from the Federal Technical Relief Agency.
• Crews searched the facility under breathing apparatus and confirmed no one was inside.
• Residents were advised to keep windows and doors closed because of heavy smoke, and roads near Borsigstraße and Kaninchenborn were closed as Kronsforder Allee reopened.
• Extinguishing work continued into the afternoon with hotspots in the ceiling being tackled, and the cause remains undetermined.