Major alarm: fire brigade moves to the Walchensee power plant
Created: 06/24/2022Updated: 06/24/2022 14:28
By: Andreas Steppan
The fire brigade moved to the Walchensee power plant on Friday afternoon.
© Fire Department Kochel
Because of smoke in a technical room, the fire brigade moved to the Walchensee power plant on Friday afternoon.
The cause was discovered on site.
Kochel am See – Because smoke rose from a basement room at the Walchensee power plant in Kochel am See, the fire brigade raised a major alarm on Friday (June 24) at around 12:55 p.m.
According to Commander Hubert Resenberger, the Kochel fire brigade arrived with seven vehicles and 40 people.
Walchensee power plant: alarm for surrounding fire brigades
The Schlehdorf, Ried and Benediktbeuern fire brigades, Penzberg with the turntable ladder and the "Local Operations Management Support Group" (UGÖEL) were also alerted.
However, they could all be canceled before they arrived at the site.
Fortunately, the cause of the smoke development turned out to be controllable.
According to Resenberger, a radiator had burned out in a technical room in the basement of the power plant and oil had leaked out.
Fire brigade can quickly extinguish radiators in the Walchensee power plant
The fire brigade quickly extinguished the radiator.
The volunteers also ventilated the smoky basement room.
According to Resenberger, the damage to property is minimal.
People were not harmed.
The fire brigade believes the cause of the fire was a technical defect.
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