Brand Drillesgasse
June 3rd, 2020 at 02:28 a.m. in Enkirch Fire deployment: Building fire In action: FEZ, command relay and defense management of VG Traben-Trarbach, FF Enkirch, FF Burg / Mosel, FF Traben-Trarbach LZ 1 2, FF Kröv, FF Kinheim, the district fire brigade inspector, the THW with 2 building consultants, the organizational head of the rescue service, the RTW from Traben-Trarbach, the Zell police, the VG waterworks and the energy supplier (electricity) Westnetz The weirs in the Enkirch village were alerted to a roof fire. When the first forces arrived, thick smoke was already pouring out of the attic, which had been converted into a living room. There were no longer any people in the building, but one resident was taken to a nearby hospital, slightly injured and with smoke gas intoxication. The fire spread rapidly in the building and so at the beginning of the extinguishing work there was a flue gas ignition, which caused the entire attic to catch fire. Immediately a so-called bolt position was set up in the densely built-up location with 5 nozzles in order to successfully protect the neighboring houses from a flashover. At the same time, the telescopic articulated mast was brought into position and the extinguishing measures started from outside. A squad fought the flames inside the building. In order to have enough water reserves at the emergency site, a hose line was laid from the Moselle 500m away to the emergency site. After around 2 hours, the fire was contained to such an extent that only hard-to-reach embers had to be extinguished. The building consultants of the THW called in gave an assessment of the stability of the building, since a gable wall partially collapsed during the extinguishing work. The 2nd gable wall was demolished in a controlled manner during the extinguishing work, as it threatened to collapse. After the extinguishing work, the Enkirch fire brigade set up a fire watch, which checked the scene at regular intervals for any embers that might still be present. In this context, the fire brigade would like to thank the surrounding neighborhood for providing our emergency services with cold and warm drinks. The duration of use was approx. 6 hours.