Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat catches fire, police say

A fire broke out on Friday evening at the Kehlsteinhaus in Bavaria , more commonly known as the Eagle's Nest and used as a retreat by Adolf Hitler and Nazi officials. The Kehlsteinhaus was engulfed in flames, a police statement read, adding that a suspect has been arrested and the incident was being criminally investigated. A fire alarm went off at the Kehlsteinhaus on the Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden at around 9:15 p.m. local time (1915 GMT) on Friday, the police said in a statement. "The fire brigades, who were alerted immediately, could already see flames clearly visible at the Kehlsteinhaus as they approached," the police statement read. Some 200 firefighters and emergency personnel were deployed to the site.