Forest fire in Schwarzenbach
On Friday (July 15, 2022), around 5:30 p.m., the integrated control center on the Saarbrücker Winterberg has the extinguishing areas of the Volunteer fire brigade of the municipality of Nonnweiler as well as the Specialist train “Water supply” of the district of St. Wendel alerted. Previously it would have come from near the sports field in Schwarzenbach numerous reports about one beginning forest fire given. At the time should flame strike and heavy smoke development to have been seen.
On-site briefing. Photo: Fire departments in the district of St. Wendel/Lukas Becker/Facebook
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Woodpile on fire
As can be seen from a Facebook post on the “St. Wendel district fire brigade” page, there was one larger area a Woodpile on fire devices. “The Flames spread already on the surrounding forest and meadow area out,” said the helpers. “Thanks to the rapid intervention of the emergency services, one could fortunately prevent further spread of fire become,” it said.
Extinguishing measures on site
To the fire water supply according to the announcement water from the locality above promoted long distances. Meanwhile, the emergency services drew that flammable material apart with a wheel loader and deleted it off, according to the Facebook post. In advance, the operation was completed after about two hours. In the evening, the firefighters checked the location again with a thermal imaging camera.
wheel loader in action. Photo: Fire departments in the district of St. Wendel/Lukas Becker/Facebook
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Police are investigating the cause
The fire brigade itself could not provide any information on the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage. “The police has the investigation of the cause of the fire started”. However, one thing is certain: people were not injuredaccording to the post.
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in action: die extinguishing districts Schwarzenbach, Otzenhausen, Bierfeld, Braunshausen, the Diehl plant fire brigade and the Police North Saarland and the “Water Supply Train”.
The fire has been extinguished.
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Sources used:
– Facebook post from the page “Fire services district of St. Wendel”
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