A fire broke out in a commercial building on Protonweg in Roosendaal on Saturday afternoon. Most of the fire has been extinguished. The fire brigade is going to scale down, but there are still small fires. The A58 is near the fire and was closed almost all afternoon, but can now be used again. No one was injured.
This concerns a building belonging to ‘t Lekker Plekske, a manufacturer of bread and pastry products. It is still unknown what exactly the building is or will be stored there.
There are hardware stores and furniture stores nearby that are busy on Saturdays. No one was injured. There was a person present in the building who discovered the fire and raised the alarm.
Firefighting activities cause a lot of extra smoke from time to time, the fire brigade says. As a result, the A58 from Roosendaal to Etten-Leur will remain closed for the time being. The highway will be reopened as soon as possible. Traffic is now being diverted via the A16 and A17.
The fire brigade is still busy removing plates with a grab, in order to extinguish the fire piece by piece. The fire brigade could not enter the building because the metal was too hot.
Giant plume of smoke
According to a 112 correspondent from Omroep Brabant, the fire broke out from the side of the building around two o’clock. The fire brigade is on site with ‘a large number of vehicles’. There was a huge amount of smoke that could be seen from a great distance. Measurements were taken in Zegge and Oudenbosch, but no hazardous substances were found, according to the chief officer of the Fire Department, Eric van Zundert.
An NL Alert was sent to people in the region, but it was withdrawn. Windows and doors may be opened if there is no smoke nuisance.
‘Difficult to extinguish’
“Because the building consisted of different rooms, it was quite difficult to extinguish the fire and we could not enter,” says Van Zundert. “That’s why we made holes in the path.” The fire brigade is extinguishing the fire through the holes.
2024-01-20 17:10:28
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