Great fire in Gelsenkirchen: Halle in Beckhausen burns down!

Great fire in Gelsenkirchen: Halle in Beckhausen burns down!

Hobackestraße, 45894 Gelsenkirchen, Deutschland - Gelsenkirchen (Germany): On the evening of December 16, 2024, a devastating fire broke out in a hall on Hobackestrasse in Gelsenkirchen Beckhausen at around 8 p.m. In the incident, a person was slightly injured and treated by the emergency services on site. Immediate measures by the fire brigade aimed at preventing the fire from overlaping to adjacent buildings. However, the extinguishing work was extremely difficult because the hall was badly damaged and there was a risk of collapse. As reported by fireworld.at, numerous emergency services were used.

To control the fire, the firefighters used a turntable ladder and several jet pipes. Since entering the hall was impossible, the damaged roof skin, which consisted of sandwich panels, was supported during the night, supported by the technical relief organization (THW) and deleted on the ground. During the operation, the residents of the neighboring buildings were housed in a regular bus. In addition, the residents were informed about the strong smoke development via the modular warning system (Mowas) and asked to keep windows and doors closed, as Freenet.de reported. The entire mission lasted until the early hours of the morning and was only successfully completed at 5:30 a.m.