Fire at the church tower: St. Peter and Paul saved in Ravensburg!

Fire at the church tower: St. Peter and Paul saved in Ravensburg!

Ravensburg - A nightly adventure for the volunteer fire brigade

On Wednesday evening at 7:10 p.m., the emergency services from Ravensburg received an alarming call: residents in the Weißenau district reported a fire that had developed at the church tower of the St. Peter and Paul monastery tower. The first emergency services arrived just a few minutes after the message and discovered flames at a height of about 40 meters, directly under the tip of the northern church tower.

The tower is currently being equipped by running renovation work, which made the fire off the fire a little more complicated. Several voluntary fire departments quickly moved from the nearby communities to control the fire. Her determined work paid off: at 7:45 p.m., only 35 minutes after the start of the fire, "fire under control" could be reported and the flames were deleted.

Investigations into the cause of the fire

The police immediately initiated an investigation to clarify the previously unknown cause of the fire. These investigations will continue on Thursday. It remains to be seen whether they provide information about possible negligence or technical defects.

The damage caused by the fire was initially estimated on an amount in the lower five -digit range. This includes both the damage to the scaffolding and possible impairments at the church tower itself. Fortunately, no people were harmed, which is always the highest in such fires.

on site not only the fire brigades, but also the emergency services and the police were used with several vehicles to ensure that all necessary measures were taken to avert further damage.

Such an event also raises questions about security during construction work, especially if historical buildings such as church towers are affected. The incident in Weißenau shows how important the rapid reaction of the rescue workers is to quickly master fire and other emergency situations.

How the incident will be treated remains to be seen, and the local authorities are ready to master the upcoming challenges. Information on this use and further developments can be found in detail on www.presseportal.de .