Fire in two shopping malls in Frankfurt

Emergency task forces of the police in the burnt out fourth storey of the shopping mall Kaufhof in Frankfurt am Main on the 3rd of April in 1968. Fires broke out in two shopping malls in Frankfurt in the night to Wednesday, the 3rd of April in 1968. The fire brigade assumes that both fires resulted from bomb attacks. While they still fought against the fire, a woman called the editorial department of the dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur in Frankfurt and states, that the fires were political acts of revenge'. The fire brigade and police informed the members of staff of the other shopping malls in Frankfurt immediately, to avoid further fires. Photo: Roland Witschel +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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Acts Assumes Attacks Attempts Avoid Broke Burnt Catastrophe Charred Dealing Deutsche Disasters Editorial Fires Fought Further Greet Immediately Informed Mall Malls Presse Resulted Storey Task Wednesday Welcoming

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