Loud bang in Heinsberg: Fire brigade clarifies smoke development quickly!

Loud bang in Heinsberg: Fire brigade clarifies smoke development quickly!

Stiftstraße, 52525 Heinsberg, Deutschland - A deafening bang and rising smoke today caused excitement in Heinsberg! At 11.45 a.m., passers -by and residents heard a loud bang that alarmed them immediately. They looked curiously at what had happened and discovered smoke that quoll from a ventilation shaft on the abbey street. The fire brigade, emergency services and police were immediately alerted to get to the bottom of the matter.

cause quickly found

The emergency services were quickly on site and discovered the cause of the incident in a storage room of a medical center. There, the overpressure valve of a gas cartridge had failed and, as intended, had failed. This flowed outside by ventilation. Fortunately, there was neither an explosion nor a fire - the system had worked exactly as it should! The fire brigade successfully ended the operation at 12.30 p.m.

The good news: there were no injuries! Only traffic on Liecker and Abbey Strasse was affected during the mission. Another proof of how important fast reactions and well -functioning security mechanisms are!