Overview
- A witness alerted police around 00:45, and the fire began in the control tower before spreading to the restaurant and an adjacent hangar.
- Firefighters from Cloppenburg, Garrel, Bösel, Emstek, Friesoythe, Ahlhorn and Altmoorhausen deployed 27 vehicles for a sustained operation.
- Authorities said suppression work was expected to continue until midday Saturday with crews still active through the morning.
- Initial damage is estimated at about €720,000, including losses to buildings, several aircraft and a vehicle.
- NonstopNews reported that three airplanes burned in the hangar, and Werner-Baumbach-Straße remains closed during the operation.