Heating oil runs out: fire brigade has to set up oil barriers on the Kochelsee
Created: 09/25/2022, 15:46
By: Veronika Ahn-Tauchnitz
The Kochel fire brigade laid oil barriers on the lake and tried to bind part of the oil.
© Fire Department Kochel am See
An oil film spread on the Kochelsee on Saturday.
According to the current state of investigation, it is heating oil on the "Trimini".
The fire brigade laid an oil barrier on the water surface.
It is still unclear how extensive the damage is.
Kochel am See – It cannot be overlooked in the operational images of the Kochel fire brigade: A dazzling film is floating on the water surface of the Kochelsee.
"You saw the streaks and smelled the oil," says Mayor Thomas Holz, who was at the site on Saturday.
250 meter long oil barrier built on the Kochelsee
At 11:10 a.m., the volunteer fire department was alerted.
According to Commander Hubert Resenberger, around 20 volunteers deployed to lay a floating oil barrier around 250 meters long on the lake.
Because the Kochlers did not have enough material, the Tegernsee fire brigade provided support.
In addition, attempts were made to bind the oil on the water.
The fire brigade checked the barriers all weekend to keep them in the right place despite the wind and current.
A dazzling film of oil could be seen on the Kochelsee on Saturday.
© Fire Department Kochel
Line damage could have caused the oil to leak out
According to the Oberbayern Süd police headquarters, the damage occurred sometime between Thursday and Saturday.
In any case, on September 22nd there was a delivery of heating oil for the Kristall-Therme Trimini.
"A supply line probably broke in the process," says Presidential spokesman Stefan Sonntag when asked.
Heating oil had run into a shaft.
The swimming pool called in an expert who assessed the situation.
"But it was not assumed that the oil could seep outside the shaft," says Sunday.
Heating oil from the swimming pool seeped into the ground
But that's obviously what happened.
The oil seeped into the ground and eventually ended up in the lake.
"The Trimini really tried hard to contain the whole thing as quickly as possible," says Mayor Holz.
In fact, it was important to "react quickly" because there are many sensitive areas on Lake Kochel, says Holz.
There breed, rest and overwinter numerous rare and protected European bird species such as the great crested grebe, the great egret or the gadwall.
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Specialist authorities must now say how to proceed
Representatives of the district office also got an idea of the situation on site at the weekend.
It is currently unclear how much oil has seeped into the lake and how extensive the clean-up work will be.
All of this and the other measures would be examined and determined by the specialist authorities from this Monday, says Holz.
Only then can the amount of property damage also be quantified, adds police spokesman Sunday.
The Kochel am See police have definitely started investigating the water pollution.
