Sailboat in Kiel: Fire brigade in use for smoke development!

Sailboat in Kiel: Fire brigade in use for smoke development!

In the afternoon of March 2, 2025, around 3:35 p.m., the Kiel fire brigade was called for an assignment at the former Lindenau shipyard in the Friedrichsort district. A supposed fire of an approximately 16 meter long sailboat was reported. Numerous emergency services immediately set out, including the north guard, the main guard, the management service and the Schilksee volunteer fire brigade. Special vehicles for ship fire fighting were also alerted. The assistant to help, which was on a training trip at the time, also came to support, such as fireworld.at reported.

When the first extinguishing forces arrived, it turned out that it was not a fire, but only a slight smoke development inside the boat. A intervention team found that the cause was probably a defective battery. In order to counteract possible dangers, the batteries were immediately spent out of the boat. Fortunately, there were no injuries. The entire site was handed over to a person responsible after about an hour, so ndr.de.