{"id":2380,"date":"2018-05-29T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2018-05-29T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T20:04:06","slug":"major-fire-erupts-at-europa-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2380","title":{"rendered":"Major Fire Erupts at Europa-Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Europa-Park theme park in southwestern Germany has reopened after a major fire. After hundreds of firefighters put out the blaze, the site was able to welcome visitors for a regular music event.<\/span><\/p>\n

A televised music show went ahead on Sunday, but parts of Germany’s largest amusement park\u00a0remained unusable following the huge fire which had taken well into Saturday night to extinguish.<\/span><\/p>\n

Europa-Park attracts\u00a0about 5.6 million visitors a year and, according to police estimates, some\u00a025,000 people were at the park when the fire broke out. It is likely to have started in a warehouse and spread to the nearby “Pirates of Batavia” attraction. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.<\/span><\/p>\n

Europa-Park’s managing director, Michael Mack, said the Norway-themed area had been “completely lost,” however many others had not been damaged.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seven firefighters were injured due to smoke inhalation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Three of the park’s 100 attractions remained closed on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What happened:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– A building described as a warehouse\u00a0caught fire early evening, prompting the evacuation\u00a0of several attractions.<\/span><\/p>\n

–\u00a0Fire service crews were also called in from Karlsruhe and Freiburg, two major cities in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg state, said local fire spokesman Michael Wege.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Residents of Rust were asked to keep windows and doors shut, according to the newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Europa-Park:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The park has 15 European themed areas in which visitors can explore a minature vesion of several countries, from England to Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The family-owned amusement park\u00a0has over 100 attractions and fairground rides and includes five upscale hotels and camping grounds,\u00a0according to its host town of Rust.<\/span><\/p>\n

It ranks as Europe’s second most-visited amusement park, trailing only Disneyland in Paris.\u00a0Opened in 1975, it now spans 995,000 square meters (235 acres) and\u00a0is divided into 18 themed areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click the link below for a YouTube video of the fire!<\/span><\/p>\n

Fire at Eropa-Park<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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