Garbage car insert in Ehra: Unknown fabric triggers large alarm

Garbage car insert in Ehra: Unknown fabric triggers large alarm

Ehra-Lessien, Deutschland - A dramatic incident shook the VW test site in Ehra/Lessien on Tuesday afternoon! A garbage truck turned out to be a source of unknown, potentially dangerous substances that triggered a massive use of the fire brigade. The Gifhorn district fire brigade reported by an unexpected ABC alarm that was triggered at 11:30 a.m. when the built-in smoke detector made an alarm in the garbage truck before the first garbage cans were emptied.

The company fire brigade immediately moved out, and when the garbage truck was opened, you pushed a mysterious metallic container with unknown content. As a safety measure, this was placed in a water tank and the lower water protection authority alerted. At 2:45 p.m., the ABC train of the Samtgemeinde Brome was finally consulted because the fabric also reacted in the water tank and the team was to provide clarity under the direction of municipal fire chief Frank Mosel. The terrain was comprehensively locked up.

danger in a metal container

The emergency services were on site: over 40 firefighters, emergency services and volunteers were ready. A total of eleven people were medically examined, one of them had to go to the hospital! With chemical protection suits, the fire brigade team went on a journey of discovery and documented the contents of the vessel with the help of a mobile phone. After an intensive analysis, the mysterious fabric turned out to be polytanol - a means of combating rodents that had already ended up in the garbage trolley before arriving on the test area.

The dangerous content was certainly packed in special containers and handed over to the garbage company for proper disposal. The all -clear could finally be given at around 6 p.m.; The emergency services returned to the fire station. Frank Mosel expressed great praise to the cooperation of everyone involved - team spirit who counts in crisis situations!