Excitement in Munich: gas had escaped from a construction site in the center. A large contingent of police and fire departments moved out.
- Numerous police and fire brigade forces were on the move in Munich during the Corona crisis.
- Gas had previously leaked from a construction site.
- The background of the incident should now be determined.
Munich - On Wednesday (May 6, 2020) there was a major police operation in Munich city center with numerous emergency services. On a construction site was gas leaked. The affected area was cordoned off extensively.
Munich: Large-scale deployment on construction sites - numerous forces are deployed
Read the text of the press release of the Munich police below: "Around 9:00 a.m., the police emergency number was informed that an exposed gas pipe had been damaged during maintenance work on a construction site in Erhardtstrasse . As a result of a spark , the escaping gas ignited for a short time and caused minimal fire damage in the entrance area of the construction site.
Numerous forces from the police, the Munich fire department and the gas station in the city of Munich were ordered to the site. When they arrived on site, the fire had already been extinguished by the construction workers and no-one was injured.
Operation locked on construction site: Spacious barrier in Munich
After consultation with the gas station in the state capital of Munich, the damaged gas line was shut down and operations on the construction site ceased. An evacuation of the neighboring property was not in consultation with the fire department and the representatives of Stadtwerke München necessary. The area between the Reichenbach Bridge and the Cornelius Bridge was largely blocked off by the police forces for the period of the security and repair services to be carried out on the construction site.
After the repair work on the damaged line had been repaired by the gas works of the state capital Munich, the police barriers were lifted again around 10.30 a.m. The Commissioner 13 will continue to investigate the cause of the gas leak.
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