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Cloud of smoke over strawberry farm: Several people were injured in the fire

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Several buildings caught fire on Tuesday morning in the Karls Erdbeerhof amusement park in Elstal near Wustermark (Havelland district). There were several injured, said a spokesman for the police. Mainly it is therefore a matter of smoke gas poisoning. People were taken to nearby hospitals.

According to the fire brigade, a total of ten people were injured. Accordingly, nine people suffered smoke poisoning, a firefighter had severe circulatory problems. The animals of the park near Berlin remained unharmed, according to the information. They were rescued from the burning barn.

According to the police, the fire broke out in a workshop. Subsequently, the park was cleared by the officials and access roads to the adventure park were blocked. Police and fire brigade spoke of a large-scale operation. Several fire brigades of adjacent municipalities were involved in the firefighting.

Up to one million visitors

According to information from rbb, it is also said to have burned in a sales room. Images on social media showed a high column of smoke over the site.

In the afternoon, the fire brigade gave the all-clear: the fire had been extinguished. At the moment, only residual extinguishing work was still underway.

Karl's strawberry farm is an adventure village for families, where everything revolves around the fruit. Every year, up to one million visitors are guests there.

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