The wreck of the Hindenburg and the ambulances
The charred framework lies collapsed on the sand while onlookers stand beneath its girders; a column of ambulances drives through the pines.
Inside the collapsed hull, lattice girders lie across one another among loops of wire, small flames still flickering in the debris; the burnt-out framework rests on the sandy ground, its broken rings forming a dark web against the sky above a row of onlookers; on a road lined with pines, a line of tall closed vehicles, apparently ambulances, follows one another.
According to the source, the wreckage was inspected and the injured were taken away in ambulances. American and German commissions investigated the fire; its cause, most likely a static spark igniting escaping hydrogen, was never finally established.
