A fire broke out in a vehicle hall in Wangerland (Friesland district) on Thursday night. As a spokesman for the Oldenburg police said on Thursday morning, the fire started for initially unknown reasons. According to the information, no one was injured in the fire. In the morning, the fire was largely extinguished, the post-extinguishing work continued, said a spokesman for the Friesland fire department. Mainly the middle part of a vehicle hall for agricultural machines and vehicles burned.

It must now be checked to what extent the other parts of the building are affected, it said. The investigation into the cause of the fire continued. The exact extent of the damage could not be quantified at first, the property damage was initially estimated by a police spokesman at a seven-digit amount.

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