Burning rubbish causes smoke development

The arriving emergency services were able to locate the source of the smoke after extensive exploration. Inside one of the vacant halls, rubbish was burning. The fire was quickly extinguished by a team wearing breathing apparatus using a C-hose. Subsequently, the emergency services ventilated the affected hall using two high-performance fans.

Fortunately, there were no personal injuries in this operation. For the duration of the operation, Lürriper Straße in the area of the operation site was closed by the police.

The fire and rescue service of the Fire and Rescue Station I (Neuwerk), an ambulance, the police and the command service of the professional fire brigade were in operation.

Incident commander: Fire Officer Andreas Jäger

For further inquiries, please contact:

City of Mönchengladbach
Department 37 - Fire Department
Command Situation Centre
Stockholtweg 132
41238 Mönchengladbach

Phone: 02166/9989-0
Fax: 02166/9989-37729
Email: leitstelle.feuerwehr@moenchengladbach.de
http://www.feuerwehr-mg.de/

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