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Suspect detained after fire engulfs Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat
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A suspect has been detained after a fire engulfed Hitler’s former Alpine retreat in Bavaria. The blaze was still burning early on Saturday as around 200 emergency personnel worked to tackle it.
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A suspect has been detained after a fire broke out at the Eagle’s Nest, Adolf Hitler’s former Alpine retreat in Bavaria. The blaze was still burning early on Saturday, with around 200 emergency personnel deployed and difficult terrain hampering efforts to put it out, police said.
Fire dispatchers in Traunstein received an alarm at 21:15 local time on Friday. Firefighters found the building engulfed in flames. No injuries had been reported, according to police.
A criminal investigation is under way to establish whether the detained suspect is connected to the fire. Police have not said what caused it.
The Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle’s Nest, stands above Berchtesgaden. The Nazis completed it in 1938, and Hitler used it as a part-time seat of government. It survived the war and is now a popular tourist destination and mountain inn.
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