Hundreds flee as fire rips through German nightclub

Hundreds of people were evacuated from a nightclub in southwest Germany after a fire broke out, Police said on Sunday, with images from the scene showing the blaze raging on the building’s roof.Police said the fire began at around 3.45am in the nightclub in Kehl, which is on the border with France.The blaze went on to “spread over the whole building”, a Police statement said.All of the roughly 750 people inside at the time were able to escape, with three people treated by emergency services.Images published in German media showed a huge fire on the roof of the nightclub, which is located in an industrial area of the city.In a statement, Kehl’s mayor Wolfram Britz said he was “happy and relieved that nobody was hurt” and thanked the nightclub owner for ensuring an orderly evacuation.Firefighters were still on the scene on Sunday afternoon, with remnants of the fire being put out in the interior of the nightclub.