Fire devil strikes again: Fire in Porta Westfalica rages!

Fire devil strikes again: Fire in Porta Westfalica rages!

In the night of March 11, 2025, the Porta Westfalica volunteer fire brigade was called to a devastating apartment fire in Möllbergen. When she arrived at 10:27 p.m., the entire outbuilding of a neglected farm, which was already affected by a major fire in April 2024, was wrapped in flames. The extinguishing work was difficult because the dense vegetation made access to the fire site difficult and the affected building was considered to be severely in danger of collapse. Nevertheless, fire fighting started quickly, while the emergency services on water could fall back on water. Despite the bound fire brigade, no resident was present, since the owner had not lived on the premises for a long time. The extinguishing work in the hope of preventing the flames on surrounding structures is currently underway, such as fireworld.at reported.

fire damage in Stadtallendorf achieves historical dimensions

Just a few days earlier, on the night of January 16, 2024, there was a catastrophic fire in the newly built fire base in Stadtallendorf. Shortly after 4 a.m., a vehicle flared up in the hall and set the entire building on fire, with the flames up to ten meters high. The total damage is estimated at 20 to 24 million euros, since the modern facility, which was just one year old, is now in total damage. Fortunately, the adjacent social wing could be saved. The fire brigade community met this tragedy, as district fire inspector Lars Schäfer found: "This is the nightmare of every fire service." At the moment, those responsible are working on developing alternative measures to maintain fire service in Stadtallendorf, such as hessenschau.de reported.

Both incidents are exemplary for the dangers that firefighters are exposed to every day, and the difficulties that can occur in combating such fires. The immediate reaction and the use of a variety of forces should alleviate the consequences of these devastating situations and show the indispensable use of the fire brigade. Currently, the city administrations and fire brigade associations in both cities are busy assessing the situation and taking necessary steps to restore the operational readiness.