Fire in Ratingen: Fire brigade saves school from blazing flames!

Fire in Ratingen: Fire brigade saves school from blazing flames!

On Tuesday evening, February 25, 2025, the Ratingen fire brigade was called to an alarming fire on Erfurter Strasse. Several concerned callers reported flames that brought the roof and facade of the Astrid Lindgren School into trouble. Due to the severity of the situation, the district control center Mettmann sent several extinguishing trains and a turntable ladder to the site. On site, an approximately 28 cubic meter of large containers burned with disused school furniture. With two respiratory protection, the firefighters managed to get the fire under control quickly and to prevent spreading to adjacent buildings. No information is currently available on the cause of the fire and the damage caused by the police, while the police have started the investigation, such as "https://www.fireworld.at/2025/26/d-gemeldeter-gegeegeeuden- (-container-auf-auf-schulhof-in-ratingen/"> FireWorld reports .

At the same time, the fire brigade was also called for an assignment in a high -rise building on Breslauer Straße. Around 3:26 p.m., residents reported fire smell from an apartment on the second floor. When the emergency services arrived, it turned out that the residents were not at home and had apparently left food on the herself when they left the apartment. This led to a slight smell of fire, which was quickly determined and classified as not threatening. The Ratingen professional fire brigade as well as the locations of Tiefenbroich, Lintorf and Mitte were also on duty, while the emergency services were also on site, as Super tip-Online . Both missions could be successfully completed at around 2:00 a.m.