At the Biocartis company in Mechelen-Noord, a fire broke out in the packaging department on Friday evening around 10:30 pm. A dozen employees were able to get themselves to safety in time. The damage to the affected part of the building is extensive.
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Kristof Van Rompaey, Theo Derkinderen
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The emergency services came en masse to the company in Generaal de Wittelaan in Mechelen-Noord on Friday evening. The fire raged in a room containing all kinds of packaging material. The conflagration went hand in hand with quite a lot of smoke.
When firefighters arrived, flames were already blazing through the roof. “We immediately fought the fire on three sides,” says Captain Michel Michiels of the Rivierenland fire department. “As a result, the production halls and the offices have a safe experience. Three posts supplied material during the intervention. ”
The fire was raging in full force, but was quickly brought under control. — © BFM
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“At the time of the facts, there were still about ten employees present,” said spokesman Dirk Van de Sande of the Mechelen-Willebroek police. “They were able to get out of the way in time. There were no injuries.”
–The emergency services were massively present in the Generaal de Wittelaan. — © BFM
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The fire was brought under control around 11:30 p.m., but the fire brigade still had a considerable job extinguishing it. Under police escort, a crane from the city of Mechelen went on site at night. He removed the wall coverings from the affected building to ensure that the fire was completely extinguished.
–Firefighters had their hands quite full with extinguishing — © BFM
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“Because there is no habitation in the immediate vicinity of the company and because the smoke could clear well due to the fairly strong wind, the smoke development did not immediately cause problems,” Van de Sande adds. In any case, the damage to the affected part of the building is extensive. How the fire started is still under investigation.
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