Chlorine package provides alarm in Bochum - fire brigade!

Chlorine package provides alarm in Bochum - fire brigade!

On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, around 10 a.m., an employee of a parcel shop on Werner Hellweg alarmed the Bochum fire brigade because of a mysterious, biting smell that went out of a package. When they arrived, the emergency services found the package in front of the shop, and the first reports indicated respiratory irritation. These were immediately looked after by the emergency services. The smell was strongly reminiscent of chlorine, and the discoloration of the package gave reason to concern, which led to a hazardous substance, so fireworld.at .

intensive examinations

A special measuring device was used, while a squad examined the package under special protective measures. The recipient's identity could quickly be determined via the address sticker and found by the police. According to the recipient, it was originally a chlorination with swimming pools. The fire brigade secured the package in an airtight container to rule out the environment. After the assignment, which ended around 11:40 a.m., it turned out that no dangerous substances were detectable in the area and that the employees of the parcel shop were not injured.

A total of 35 forces from the fire brigade and the emergency services were active for the operation. In Bochum, 95 emergency services are on duty daily, which are deployed over 120 times a day to medical emergencies, fires and technical assistance, as reported bochum.de . Many of these missions are due to preventive fire protection, technical assistance and the reliable functionality of the extensive fire engineering.