A team of German volunteer fire fighters were forced to look on
helplessly as their fire station burned to the ground over the weekend.
A volunteer fire station in the Scharrel district of Saterland, North
Rhine-Westphalia burned to the ground early on Saturday morning, as
firefighters arrived on the scene too late to save it.
A neighbor alerted the emergency services after spotting the flames just after 2.40am.
But by the time the volunteer fire fighters arrived at
their station, which was just five years old, the blaze had already
consumed the building, making it impossible for them to enter.
Despite their best attempts to control the flames from outside, the 70
volunteers were forced to watch on helpless as the entire building was
destroyed. Nobody was hurt in the incident, which is thought to have
caused around five million euros in damage. Along with the building, the
fire destroyed a boat and six fire engines.
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