Fire alarm at Bruchsal School: Students react quickly and correctly!

Fire alarm at Bruchsal School: Students react quickly and correctly!

On Thursday morning, December 12, 2024, a trash can in Joß-Fritz primary and secondary school in Untergrombach, Bruchsal, ensured a fire brigade. An attentive student noticed the burning trash can in a toilet facility and immediately informed a teacher. While first aid measures were initiated, the fire alarm system raised the alarm, which promptly led to the evacuation of the school building. The Bruchsal fire brigade was alerted at 10:29 a.m. and quickly came to the site with several departments, where the pupils and teachers were already waiting at the collective sites, such as fireworld.at reported.

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When the emergency services arrived, this strong smoke development discovered behind the closed door to the toilet rooms. A group of breathing protection could quickly penetrate the room and extinguish the burning trash can with a water extinguisher. In order to prevent further smoke development, the fire object was removed from the building. The toilet rooms affected were then ventilated with high-performance fans, while two people who had inhaled flue gases were taken to the hospital for medical examination, as well as ka-news.de reported. After comprehensive security controls and the review with a thermal imaging camera, the building could be released for schoolchildren and teachers.

The investigation into the cause of the fire has already been taken up by the police, with the fire brigade under the direction of Peter Schmid until 12:02 p.m. There was no significant property damage during the entire operation, and the quick action of everyone involved ensured that a greater danger could be successfully averted.