Winterrieden - On Thursday (November 18th, 2021) around 2:25 p.m., a hay and straw store on an agricultural property with a connected local heating supply system caught fire.
A short time later, the fire spread to the immediately adjacent cowshed and a machine hall.
A spread of the flames to the adjacent houses and the biogas plant / wood chip plant could be prevented by the rapid intervention of the fire brigades.
The hay and straw store was completely destroyed in the fire and the cowshed and the machine hall were badly damaged.
Fortunately, no one was harmed by the fire.
However, some cattle fell victim to the fire in the cowshed.
The property damage is currently estimated at at least one million euros.
The cause of the fire is currently unclear.
Over 200 workers from the fire brigade, rescue service, THW and police are on duty
During the fire, a total of 190 volunteers from the Winterrieden, Babenhausen, Niederrieden, Boos, Klosterbeuren, Engishausen, Reichau fire brigades and the Kirchhaslach, Kettershausen, Altenstadt, Fellheim, Osterberg and Kellmünz fire brigades were deployed.
Three rescue vehicles, an emergency doctor, helpers from the THW and several police patrols from Memmingen and Illertissen were also on duty.
The cause of the fire is still unclear: the Commissioner of the Memmingen Criminal Police investigated
The first on-site investigations were carried out by the Memmingen Criminal Police Service (KDD).
Further processing to clarify the cause of the fire is taken over by the specialist commissioner of the Memmingen criminal police.
(MK)
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