<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=33h153_0wB2wHwu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=33h153_0wB2wHwu00" width="980" height="653" ><figcaption>Jolana Miller</figcaption></figure><p>Wait, what?!</p><p>It sounds like something that would happen in a comedy out of Hollywood or part of some kind of corny dad joke. Yes, a firehouse literally burned to the ground because it didn't have any fire alarms. I mean, how does that even happen?</p><p>$22 million in damage later, including 10 fire engines; I have a feeling the city is sorry they chose to cut that simple cost.</p><p>To Stadtallendorf, Germany, 90 minutes from Frankfurt we go.</p><p>According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/16/blaze-destroys-german-fire-station-fitted-without-alarms">The Guardian</a>, this state-of-the-art fire station was only ten months old before it burned to the ground. It's believed the fire started from a battery charger in one of the vehicles and spread quickly. Not even the 170 firefighters battling the blaze could save it.</p><p>Don't worry; no one was hurt.</p><p>I'm sure you're thinking the same things I am. Aren't firefighters there 24/7? Wouldn't they have smelled the smoke, at the very least? And how come there aren't any fire alarms?</p><p>According to the <a href="https://www.firehouse.com/stations/video/55235828/fire-destroys-new-fire-station-in-stadtallendorf-germany">Firehouse</a> website, the fire station wasn't legally required to have a fire alarm system. Apparently, the firehouse was categorized as a "building that holds equipment" and not a fire station. Structures in that category are required to have fire alarms.</p><p>If it had been categorized as a fire station, it would have legally been required to have fire alarms throughout.</p><p>Well, as you can imagine, that legislation is under review. Emotions ran high after almost everyone learned about that law and how the firehouse was categorized.</p><h2>LOOK: Do You Know the Signature Dish in Each State?</h2><p><a href="https://stacker.com/your-state/signature-foods-every-state">Stacker</a> compiled a list of the signature dishes in each U.S. state, consulting local newspapers, histories, and recipe collections.</p><h2>LOOK: Things You Saw at Grandma's House</h2><p>Step into Grandma's house, where cookie tins hold mysteries and even the toilet roll cover has a story to tell.</p></div></body>

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Fire Station Burns Down Because It Didn’t Have Any Fire Alarms

It sounds like something that would happen in a comedy out of Hollywood or part of some kind of corny dad joke. Yes, a firehouse literally burned to the ground because it didn't have any fire alarms. I mean, how does that even happen?. $22 million in damage later, including...