BERLIN (AP) – The retreat known as the Eagle’s Nest built for Adolf Hitler in the Bavarian Alps was almost completely destroyed in a fire, and work to extinguish the blaze was still in progress Saturday, authorities said. A suspect was detained.
\n\nThe local tourism authority said it wasn’t immediately clear whether parts of the building could be salvaged. Police later said it burned down almost completely.
\n\nA fire alarm at the building in the Berchtesgaden district in Germany’s southeastern corner went off at about 9:15 p.m. on Friday, police said in a statement. Firefighters who went to the scene could see the flames as they approached the site, on a cliff 1,834 meters (6,017 feet) above sea level.
\n\nGetting fire engines to the site proved difficult because of its location, and work was still ongoing to put out the fire on Saturday morning, police said. The building and its immediate surroundings could only be accessed with respiratory protection equipment.
\n\nSmoke is seen at the mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle’s Nest, formerly Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat, on October 24, 2026, after a large fire had broken out at the site located at an altitude of 1,834 metres (6,000…
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