Berlin’s Tegal airport was engulfed in smoke on Thursday, as a wooden barracks in the military section of the airport caught fire.
The blaze was tackled by an impressive 135 firefighters and 35 emergency vehicles, and air traffic was only interrupted for 30 minutes. Four incoming flights, including one operated by national airline Lufthansa, were diverted to Berlin’s eastern Schoenefeld airport, due to the large clouds of smoke which made landing difficult.
The barracks were empty at the time of the blaze, and until recently had been used as a quarantine office.
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