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Man arrested after fire at Hitler's mountaintop Eagle's Nest retreat

Some 200 emergency personnel were deployed to fight the blaze at the Nazi dictator's Alpine residence in Germany.

BBC World•

Police in the southern German state of Bavaria have detained a 33-year-old German man during a fire at Adolf Hitler's Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle's Nest.

Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building at 21:15 local time (19:15 GMT) on Friday and firefighters found it engulfed in flames.

Some 200 emergency personnel were deployed to the scene where the blaze was still burning early on Saturday, as police said difficult terrain hindered efforts to bring the fire under control.

Local media reported that site had been "largely destroyed" and the public was urged to avoid the area.