Explosion in the wood-heating power plant in Horn-Bad Meinberg: Fire brigade in action
Explosion in the wood-heating power plant in Horn-Bad Meinberg: Fire brigade in action
On Monday morning, November 19, the Horn-Bad Meinberg fire brigade was called to a wood-heating unit at 7:59 a.m. with the alarm keyword "Feuer 2-Unclear Rauch Development". At the site, the fire brigade immediately found a clearly visible smoke development in the area of the machine hall. Hall gates torn out of the forecourt were also found. Fortunately, there were no more people in the hall.
Witnesses, including employees of the concerned company and the surrounding companies, reported a massive explosion, accompanied by a large fireball that was visible both in the warehouse and in two neighboring silos. In the warehouse, wooden dust and wood waste are processed, which are processed into general cargo by an industrial hill. When the fire brigade arrived, the strongest smoke development was recorded at the dust assembly point.
Fire brigade use and investigation
In view of the situation, the alarm level was increased to "Feuer 3 - explosion in industrial operations", whereby additional emergency services with respiratory protection devices were requested to support. The fire brigade announced that the focus was initially on exploring the silos to exclude embers that could have arisen from the explosion. After that was successful, the operational team began with the fire fighting of the affected areas.The challenge was the elaborate search for embers. The support snail to the silos had to be uncovered in order to enable effective fire fighting. After several hours, the first deployment report fell at noon that some emergency services could be deducted, and “fire from” was finally reported at 1 p.m. The fire brigade then handed over the site to the operator and the police, which is now concerned with the determination of the cause of the fire. According to the fire brigade's statements, there has been no information about injured people, and information on the amount of damage is still pending. Further details were still sparse up to the hour, while the investigation is going on, lwz24.de .
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