{"id":189535,"date":"2023-12-06T11:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189535"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:24:06","slug":"huge-fire-rips-through-world-famous-berlin-christmas-market-as-stalls-go-up-in-flames-and-tourists-evacuated-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/huge-fire-rips-through-world-famous-berlin-christmas-market-as-stalls-go-up-in-flames-and-tourists-evacuated-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge fire rips through world famous Berlin Christmas market as stalls go up in flames and tourists evacuated | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A HUGE fire ripped through a popular Christmas market in Berlin as tourists fled the area.<\/p>\n
Dramatic photos show huge plumes of smoke rising above the market in front of the Red Town Hall in the German capital.<\/p>\n
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Two people were rushed to hospital with injuries following the blaze on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
Christmas shoppers were enjoying browsing stalls when two of the wooden huts went up in flames.<\/p>\n
The market was evacuated as firefighters battled to extinguish the roaring blaze.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews sealed off the area and turned off the electricity.<\/p>\n
As emergency crews tackled the flames, two small gas cartridges exploded, reports Bild.<\/p>\n Police in Berlin are now investigating the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n An employee of the market was taken to hospital after suffering minor burns, while another person was treated for smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n A spokesman for Berlin fire department said: "At the Christmas market at the Red Town Hall, two stalls caught fire. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "The fire is extinguished. The site is under control."<\/p>\n It comes after two people were arrested last week\u00a0in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg after they allegedly plotted attacks on Christmas markets.<\/p>\n In Brandenburg, security measures have been stepped up, reports Berliner Zeitung.<\/p>\n<\/picture>BUS TRAGEDY <\/span><\/p>\n
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