Erlangen (dpa / lby) - A wooden hut was destroyed in another fire on an adventure playground in Erlangen. According to initial findings, the police are assuming intentional arson, as a spokeswoman said on Friday. A witness reported the fire late Thursday evening. When firefighters arrived, the flames were several meters high. Firefighters had to protect two trailers, trees and bushes from the flames, a fire department spokesman said. "It's all very densely built up there." According to the police, there was no danger for residents, and forensics will examine the scene of the fire.
There was a fire on the adventure playground in October last year, and ten wooden huts were destroyed. At that time, too, the criminal police assumed intentional arson, but a suspect was not found, according to the police spokeswoman. There are also "relatively frequent" reports of property damage at the playground, for example graffiti or wooden slats that have been torn out. In addition, it had already burned in 2012 and 2018.
