Roofing fire in Hude: Fire brigade fights against the flames on New Year's Eve!

Roofing fire in Hude: Fire brigade fights against the flames on New Year's Eve!

In the tranquil community of Hude (Germany), the fire brigade was alerted to a devastating scale fire on the evening of December 30, 2024 at 6.36 p.m. Already during the journey, the Oldenburg control center reported that the flames had quickly spread to the adjacent house. The fire threatened to spread to the roof structure, which is why the head of operations immediately alerted additional forces to control the situation.

With an impressive contingent of around 70 emergency services, the firefighters plunged into the flames, while the wind significantly difficult. The first deletion measures quickly showed success: a targeted bolt position could prevent the fire from spreading to the house. Nevertheless, the fire had already spread in the roof structure, which led to intensive and challenging use. In addition to the fire departments, a hygiene unit to ensure the protection of the emergency services was alerted against health risks. While the extinguishing teams focused on fire fighting inside, other firefighters were mobilized to extinguish the carport in flames. Despite the dramatic circumstances, the house resident, who tried to extinguish the fire with a garden hose, was transported to a nearby hospital as a precaution because of possible flue gas poisoning, such as fireworld.at reported.

important warning for New Year's Eve

In the middle of these dramatic events, the district fire brigade Oldenburg urged the upcoming New Year's Eve celebrations. Due to the predicted strong gusts of wind, those responsible appealed to the citizens to exercise special caution when dealing with fireworks. These conditions could cause rockets and firecrackers to be steered in easily flammable areas such as roof trusses or carports and trigger fires there. "We ask for consideration of people and animals," said the press office. This warning is all the more urgent in view of the recent incidents, where the fire could only be contained with great effort.