Roofing fire at Christmas: Pulheimer fire brigade fights against the flames!

On Christmas Day, December 25, 2024, a devastating roof truss fire broke out in Pulheim, which presented the emergency services with great challenges. At around 10:25 a.m., residents reported the fire on Hackenbroicher Straße, which was already visible from afar through a high column of smoke. The fire brigade was alerted with several fire trucks, including from the districts of Pulheim, Stommeln and Geyen, but despite the quick use, the full burning of the roof structure could not be prevented, such as fireworld.at reported.

The residents had independently went outside, but three of them suffered injuries and had to be taken to a hospital. The fire brigade fought against the flames with several extinguishing ears, also from a turntable ladder. Unfortunately, the measures were not sufficient to avoid more damage. The affected attic is now uninhabitable, which also had to be cleared by the other apartments, such as tag24.de reported. The homeless residents were temporarily accommodated, while the fire brigade was employed by control courses until the afternoon to ensure that no further fire nests were left.

unclear cause of the fire

The exact reason for the outbreak of fire is previously unknown; The fire brigade plans to carry out examinations in the fire apartment after completing the extinguishing work. A total of around 50 emergency services with 14 vehicles were at the scene to extinguish the fire and secure the neighboring building. So far there has been no information about a danger to the surrounding neighbors, but the incident is forcing the residents to search for temporary accommodations.