• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Huge fire breaks out at Germany's biggest theme park as families watch on

Home> News

Updated 17:37 19 Jun 2023 GMT+1Published 17:00 19 Jun 2023 GMT+1

breaking

Huge fire breaks out at Germany's biggest theme park as families watch on

Terrified families watched on as large plumes of smoke billowed into the air at Germany's Europa-Park

Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers

A huge fire has broken out at Germany's biggest theme park.

Terrified families watched on as large plumes of smoke billowed into the air at Europa-Park today (19 June).

Footage from the park in Rust, in the South-West of the country, shows hundreds of park goers leaving as the emergency is dealt with.

Advert

In one clip, thick smoke and flames can be seen rising from behind one of the rollercoasters.

Speaking to a local news outlet, one bystander said: "It banged loudly two or three times. After that, a huge fire could be seen."

Another who saw the chaos unfold took to social media, writing: "Sad - Fire in #europapark in the Spanish area, luckily we saw it just in time to leave the restaurant adjacent to the building. Hope all families and children are safe!"

Park goers watch on as a huge fire breaks out at Europa-Park in Germany.
Twitter/roudoudou90

Someone else added: "The diamond cave in Europapark is on fire. For now, we don't know if anybody is hurt but the fire is already under control it seems. It was really impressive and frightening."

Advert

Many were confused by what had caused the blaze in the first place.

"What exactly is burning?" asked one user.

In a post to Twitter, a spokesperson for the theme park said it was working hard to get the situation under control.

It read: "Dear visitors/friends of Europa-Park, an incident has occurred at Europa-Park. We work closely with the responsible authorities and emergency services.

"An update will follow as new information becomes available."

Advert

A later update added: "Firefighting is ongoing, adjacent areas have been cleared and visitors are being escorted out of the park."

Crowds left the park as the fire took hold.
Twitter

The park has now said that the fire is 'under control'.

"The fire is currently under control and we are not aware of any injuries at this time," it said.

A statement from the police read: "A locally limited fire was reported in an amusement park near Rust around 4:40 p.m.

Advert

"The fire is currently being fought by a large contingent of firefighters and is under control. Police and rescue services are also on duty.

"All visitors are currently in the process of leaving the amusement park in an orderly manner. Nothing is currently known about injured persons."

Featured Image Credit: Twitter/@roudoudou90

Topics: World News

Dominic Smithers
Dominic Smithers

Dominic Smithers is LADbible's Editorial Lead. After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in French and History, he went on to write for the Manchester Evening News, the Accrington Observer and the Macclesfield Express. So as you can imagine, he’s spent many a night wondering just how useful that second language has been. But c'est la vie.

X

@SmithersDom

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

10 hours ago
11 hours ago
12 hours ago
  • 10 hours ago

    Psychotherapist says there are 10 key signs that someone in your life is a narcissist

    Psychotherapist Alishia Portas has explained traits that narcissists tend to exhibit

    News
  • 10 hours ago

    Scientists warn that thousands of mini black holes could be hidden in your house

    Scientists believe that black holes could be moving through our bodies, and we don't even notice

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Incredible find was made at house of ‘stubborn’ family who rejected £25 million to sell property

    The Zammit family have turned down multiple million-dollar offers to stay put

    News
  • 12 hours ago

    ‘Disc-shaped UFO’ captured by US military flying through sky in never-before-seen footage

    'Ufologist celebrity' Jeremy Corbell leaked the video and said it has 'implications that are huge'

    News