Use for the fire brigade Voerde: Ship fire on the Wesel-Datteln-Kanal - Voerde (Lower Rhine)

Voerde (ots) On the night of Friday, at 01:52 a.m., the units Spellen, Friedrichsfeld, the rotating ladder as well as the operating guide car of the fire department Voerde were alerted to a fire event. On a barge, which was anchored on the Rhine at the lock Friedrichsfeld, a fire broke out in the area of the living rooms. The captain and a sailor had already made initial fire attempts. The sailor was suspected of a flue gas intoxication to the r…

At the lock in Voerde-Friedrichsfeld a ship was set on fire at night. The cause is still unclear. A sailor had to be treated by the rescue service.