Scheunenbrand in Schaaren: Fire brigade saves cows and extinguishes flames

Scheunenbrand in Schaaren: Fire brigade saves cows and extinguishes flames

In the night of Sunday, around 4:15 a.m., firefighters had to move out in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid when a fire was reported in a barn in the Schaaren district. The Neunkirchen-Seelscheid volunteer fire brigade was alerted after the flames were already visible from afar. This size required additional support from the weirs from Lohmar-Birk and Lohmar-Breiddid, since the fire threatened to expand and the neighboring stable was in danger.

While the animal owners immediately brought their cows to safety, the emergency services were under high pressure to get the fire under control. Due to the risk of collapse, the firefighters could not penetrate directly into the barn, but had to carry out the external external work with a turntable ladder. Unfortunately, the barn burned down completely; Inside there were also two motorhomes, which the flame hell also fell victim to.

intensive extinguishing work

A total of 50 emergency services from the fire brigade, police and regulatory office were necessary for fire fighting. It took about an hour for the fire brigade to control the fire. After that, an additional hour was required to finally delete the flaming brand nests. The nightly disaster led to Kotthausener Straße between Zeithstraße and Wahnbachtalstraße was blocked for the duration of the mission.

The exact causes of fire have been unknown, which is why the criminal police have started the investigation. The property damage is estimated on a high six -figure amount, which makes the scope of the incident clear. Fortunately, according to current information, there were no injuries and the animals could be brought to safety in good time.

Additional information about this incident are at ga.de to be found.