Fire at Heide Park Resort

(eap) This afternoon, a fire was reported at the Heide Park Resort in Soltau, which is operated by the Merlin Entertainments Group. According to the company, a localised fire broke out at the old administration building in the entrance area of the Heide Park Resort at around 2:30 pm. About 160 emergency workers with 40 vehicles were deployed until the evening hours to extinguish the fire in the vacant building. No persons were harmed. The park was evacuated in an orderly procedure within an hour. The post-extinguishing work continued into the evening. The police have started an investigation into the cause of the fire. The park management explained that they expect to be able to resume operations as usual tomorrow, 12 October.