Der Brand im Bahnhof Luzern

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Filming date: 05..02.1971. Okolo 8 in the morning in the station building was found smoke, a fire team was raised at 8.18. Arriving at the station, the group penetrated the stairs into the winding corridors of the wooden attic of the building. There she was met by open fire and thick smoke. Despite the support from neighboring Lucerne communities, the police and the SBB operational security service, the city fire team could not cope with the fire. The only option was to retreat from the building and fight with fire outside. Fortunately, all people from the attic in the attic managed to evacuate, the fire did not take a single life. The last train arrived at the station at 8:52 am. The passengers had to leave the station running because the fire went so far that the collapse was already expected. The Lucerne railway station was closed for freight transportation, pore expresses stopped at a commodity station, regional trains in the suburbs. At 9 am the last four trains left the station.