Major Fire Breaks Out at Junglinster Town Hall

A major fire broke out at the town hall (municipal administration) in Junglinster shortly after midnight on Friday 26 January 2024.

About 50 firefighters were on-site on Friday morning to bring the fire under control. The police were also on-site and confirmed to Chronicle.lu that the rescue operation was expected to continue until 10:00 or so on Friday.

The older part of the building was affected, including the section housing the municipal archives in the attic. The newer part - the building had been extended last year - did not suffer any damage. No one was hurt in the incident.

The municipality now finds itself in crisis management mode and confirmed on social media that the town hall would "remain closed until further notice". At the time of writing, the road in front of the town hall was closed off for the firefighting operation.

Update: On Friday afternoon, the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps (CGDIS) confirmed that at least 60 firefighters from about ten fire and rescue centres had been mobilised by daybreak to put out the fire, which affected the roof of the central wing of the building. A total of 90 volunteer and professional firefighters took turns until midday, as did the supply unit of the logistics support centre (CSL). The intervention had been made more complicated by the fact that the roof collapsed and the flames engulfed the paper archives. The initial idea was to clear the debris blocking access to the burning materials using an excavator from a construction company and then carry out the final extinguishing. However, the firefighters were forced to carry out this work largely themselves due to the "very limited" accessibility of the machines. In addition to the municipal administration, the Grand Ducal Police and the Water Management Authority, the CGDIS noted the collaboration of the Luxembourg National Archives who visited the site around midday to explore the possibility of saving some of the documents contained in the municipal archives. As of about 14:30, the final extinguishing work remained in progress and is expected to last "several more hours".