Glüsingen: cancer alarm in large fire
Created: 05/03/2022, 22:33
By: Sebastian Peters
The entire roof structure was destroyed by the fire.
© Sebastian Peters
A major fire broke out in Seevetal in the village of Glüsingen on Tuesday.
The roof of a building is on fire.
Asbestos is released.
Seevetal - Great shock in the village of Glüsingen (1084 inhabitants) in the district of Harburg (Lower Saxony).
On Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at around 6:23 p.m., flames suddenly erupted from an old commercial building at the corner of Wennern and Glüsinger Straße.
Numerous emergency services from the local volunteer fire brigades were immediately alerted.
The maximum number was over 100 emergency services.
Glüsingen in Seevetal: Roof truss fire causes large-scale operation - fire brigade with over 100 emergency services on site
When the rescuers arrive, they have to be quick.
Attempts are made to put down the flames with various jet pipes.
The roof truss burns out completely.
With the help of a turntable ladder, the last embers are extinguished and then finally smothered with extinguishing foam.
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After just over an hour of extinguishing work, "fire out" can be reported.
Nevertheless, the mission remains particularly delicate for the volunteer rescuers.
The highly toxic roof panels burst during the roof truss fire.
The so-called Eternit panels release the smallest asbestos fibers.
The emergency services, who had direct contact with the toxic smoke from the fire, had to be cleaned at great expense.
© Sebastian Peters
These are highly carcinogenic.
For the rescuers, it means that all hoses, clothes and helmets have to be cleaned in a laborious process.
In some cases, the expensive equipment may even have to be disposed of.
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The fire department is prepared for such cases.
Matthias Köhlbrandt, municipal press officer for the Seevetal volunteer fire brigade: "We have enough replacement material in stock for such cases".