Karlslust dance hall fire

Karlslust dance hall fire
Date8 February 1947
Time10:45 pm
LocationBerlin, Allied-occupied Germany
Coordinates52°34′1.6″N 13°11′50.42″E / 52.567111°N 13.1973389°E / 52.567111; 13.1973389
Also known asLoebel's Restaurant fire
Deaths81
Non-fatal injuries150

The Karlslust dance hall fire (also known as Loebel's Restaurant fire) occurred on 8 February 1947 in Hakenfelde, a locality of Spandau in what was then the British sector of Berlin. With its death toll of 80 to 88, it marks possibly the worst fire disaster in Germany since the Second World War. The death toll is today considered to be 81: 80 guests and the owner of the restaurant, Julius Loebel, who died while attempting to save a cashbox.