Sailing boat in Kiel: Fire brigade on duty due to smoke!
On March 2, 2025, the fire department was called into action in Kiel because of a burning sailboat. Fortunately, it was smoke from a defective battery and there were no injuries.
Sailing boat in Kiel: Fire brigade on duty due to smoke!
On the afternoon of March 2, 2025, around 3:35 p.m., the Kiel fire department was called to an operation at the former Lindenau shipyard in the Friedrichsort district. A supposed fire in an approximately 16 meter long sailing boat was reported. Numerous emergency services, including the North Guard, the Main Guard, the Command Service and the Schilksee Volunteer Fire Department, immediately set off. Special vehicles for fighting ship fires were also alerted. The rescue fireboat, which was on a training trip at the time, also came to support fireworld.at reported.
When the first fire fighters arrived, it turned out that it was not a fire, but just a slight smoke development inside the boat. A response team determined that the cause was probably a defective battery. To counteract possible dangers, the batteries were immediately taken out of the boat and into the open air. Luckily there were no injuries. The entire operation site was handed over to a person in charge after about an hour ndr.de.