A major fire devastated an industrial site in Dresden on Saturday night.

The well-known techno club “Sektor Evolution” was also affected.

"No one is injured, but we won't be having a party any time soon, if it's even possible again," the club officials wrote on Facebook.

The extent of the damage was initially unclear.

The rehearsal rooms of several bands were also destroyed.

The fire department said the flames had spread throughout the building.

More than 100 forces were deployed.

The fire was still not extinguished on Saturday.

"It's still burning," said a fire department spokesman in the afternoon.

The emergency services would have spread a large carpet of foam.

But there are still embers under the foam and the fire keeps flaring up in the roof truss.

The hall can no longer be entered for the time being, there is an acute danger of collapse.

The burned ruins were still smoking heavily.

The fire brigade called on residents on Saturday to keep windows and doors closed, turn off the air conditioning and go outside as little as possible.

Survey teams are on the move in the city to check the level of pollution.

Continued strong smoke development possible

Even in the evening, not all sources of fire were exposed, as the fire brigade announced.

Parts of the building should therefore be torn down in the evening to ban the risk of collapse in selected areas.

These could then be entered by the emergency services in order to expose and extinguish the undiscovered sources of fire, it said.

According to the fire brigade, the measures will result in an increase in smoke development.

The warning of the population will therefore be maintained.

In the hours that followed, the smell of fire was to be expected within a radius of several kilometers.

The situation will be assessed again on Sunday morning, according to the fire brigade.

An end to the mission is not in sight at this time.

In addition to the “Sector Evolution” club, the hall also housed a waste sorting plant, a workshop and offices.

Flying sparks also set the embankment of neighboring railway tracks on fire during the night, according to the fire brigade.

As a result, rail traffic had to be stopped.

Dresden's Mayor Dirk Hilbert (FDP) reacted concerned to the big fire.

"The Techno Club is nothing less than a cultural asset of the Dresden club scene," said the mayor, who is currently fighting for re-election.

He took a picture of himself on site on Saturday morning.

He is glad no one was hurt.

His competitor for the post of mayor, the Greens politician Eva Jähnigen, was also concerned.

The fire is a tragedy for Dresden culture.

The cause of the fire is unclear - a clarification can probably be expected in a week at the earliest, said a police spokesman.