I looked it up, this was in January 2020. It was a large commercial building for businesses and storage. The fire started in a showroom for beds an mattresses in the middle of the night. Two firefighters were seriously injured by the explosion, one even had to spend time in the ICU.
With such materials I no longer wonder something went boom. Looks like this was about containment and damage control to the surrounding area from the beginning.
I went by in my taxi to watch the remains of the fire building, located Heerdter Lohweg / Willstätter Str. There was not much left of it, except soot - covered rubble and twisted steel girders. By now the ruins left after the blaze have been demolished, and the place - about an estimated 4000 square meters - has been rebuilt. The cause of the fire as well as the catastrophic explosion are still unknown. Upon arrival of the firecrews, the whole structure was already fully involved, with the fire rageing out of control. There was no chance to knock it down instantly, moreover, an accumulation of flammable gases might have led to the flashover after about 20 minutes into the response.
Moin! As far as I remember there were two firemen injured, one of them heavy. It was a storagehall for multiple companys and the firebrigade was aware, that dangerous materials were storaged there. But the explosion was a bad surprise nobody expected.
I looked it up, this was in January 2020. It was a large commercial building for businesses and storage. The fire started in a showroom for beds an mattresses in the middle of the night. Two firefighters were seriously injured by the explosion, one even had to spend time in the ICU.
With such materials I no longer wonder something went boom.
Looks like this was about containment and damage control to the surrounding area from the beginning.
I went by in my taxi to watch the remains of the fire building, located Heerdter Lohweg / Willstätter Str. There was not much left of it, except soot - covered rubble and twisted steel girders. By now the ruins left after the blaze have been demolished, and the place - about an estimated 4000 square meters - has been rebuilt. The cause of the fire as well as the catastrophic explosion are still unknown.
Upon arrival of the firecrews, the whole structure was already fully involved, with the fire rageing out of control. There was no chance to knock it down instantly, moreover, an accumulation of flammable gases might have led to the flashover after about 20 minutes into the response.
That was just at the next crossing from my Work. Meanwhile they have built a new building at the same place.
Moin! As far as I remember there were two firemen injured, one of them heavy. It was a storagehall for multiple companys and the firebrigade was aware, that dangerous materials were storaged there. But the explosion was a bad surprise nobody expected.
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