During the day, the police are on duty because of swastika daubs at a home for Ukrainian refugees in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. During the night the building burns down. The district administrator speaks of arson. Nobody gets hurt.
Accommodation for refugees from Ukraine in the municipality of Groß Strömkendorf near the island of Poel in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was almost completely destroyed by fire last night. “As things stand, all 14 residents were able to leave the facility unharmed. Nothing happened to the three employees either,” said a spokesman for the Northwest Mecklenburg district. The police suspect arson.
On the day of the fire, the police had visited the accommodation – a hotel – because of a swastika graffiti on the entrance sign, as district administrator Tino Schomann announced. “From my many years of experience as a firefighter, I am currently assuming that the fire was started intentionally,” he said. However, it was initially unclear how the fire started.
The residents were moved to another facility immediately after the fire, said the spokesman for the district. The fire brigade is deployed with almost 120 people and around 20 vehicles.
When the fire brigade arrived, employees of the facility and some passers-by were already trying to fight the fire with fire extinguishers. The entire thatched roof burned. “The roof just collapsed before my eyes. Only the outer walls are still standing,” said the district spokesman. In the meantime, there was great fear that the fire would spread to neighboring buildings. But this could be prevented.
