Smoke column above the A66: railway dam burns near reservoir

On the A66 there was a large smoke column on Thursday afternoon around 2:15 p.m.: At the height of the reservoir between Steinau on the road and Bad Soden-Salmünster (Main-Kinzig-Kreis) the railway dam burned. The railway line was closed for several hours. [image-3-h] Meanwhile the fire is under control. The fire department had drawn the extinguishing water from the reservoir, so the flames, which had ignited on an area of about 20 to 5 meters d…