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Berlin Zoo train station evacuated over large amounts of smoke | Berlin Zoo train station evacuated over large amounts of smoke |
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Long-distance rail traffic resumed at the busy Berlin Zoo train station on Sunday after firefighters extinguished a fire that had caused large amounts of smoke, though local railway traffic remained halted, German federal police said on Twitter. | |
Fifteen people were rescued from the smoke-filled platform, and one was being treated for light injuries, a fire department spokesman told broadcaster N24. | |
The spokesman said he had no details on the cause of the fire. | |
Germany remains on high alert for possible attacks by militant Islamists a year after a failed Tunisian asylum seeker killed 12 people in an attack on a Berlin Christmas market located a short distance from the Zoo train station. | |
German media earlier showed smoke billowing from the large station, which also houses numerous shops and fast food restaurants as well as public transportation lines. | |
The entire station was evacuated for some time, a spokeswoman for railway operator Deutsche Bahn told Reuters. | |
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