Devastating fires in Lower Saxony: Tragedy demands children's life!

Devastating fires in Lower Saxony: Tragedy demands children's life!

Gifhorn, Deutschland - It was a devastating weekend in Lower Saxony when three heavy fires shook the region. On Friday, June 23, Wilhelmshaven broke out a house fire in Wilhelmshaven . A child lost his life, while three more children between four and nine years were seriously injured. The fire, triggered by inflamed bulky waste in an empty toy shop, spread quickly and blocked the stairwell with dense smoke.

The dramatic rescue campaigns saved 19 people, including a family from the attic, which was brought to safety using aerial ladder. The children were found under unconscious condition, one tragically died on the way to the hospital. Four adults, including a pregnant woman, were taken to the hospital due to suspicion of flue gas poisoning. The affected apartments were declared uninhabitable and the residents housed in emergency accommodation. The severity of this event is supplemented by the further incidents in the gifhorn and in goslar .

damage and challenges

In Gifhorn, a major fire in a restaurant used late Sunday evening, which quickly spread to the upper floor. Here the damage is estimated at around one million euros after the roof structure collapsed and parts of the upper floor had to be torn down by the fire brigade to fight the fire.

At the same time, a forest fire spread in the Goslarer forest above the Grane Valley to the Granetalsperre, which increased from three to seven to eight hectares in a short time. Around 170 emergency services were used, including a fire -fighting aircraft to contain the flames. Such large missions throw a light on the current challenges with which the fire brigades are faced.

preparation for an emergency

The burning problem of the forest fires was also a central topic in a large -scale exercise that took place the weekend before in the forest area Göhrde . Around 500 firefighters from the Lüneburg, Uelzen, Lüchow-Dannenberg and Celle districts prepared for an emergency here. With summer temperatures around 30 degrees and under realistic conditions, a fire was lit to give the emergency services the opportunity to improve their tactics and work with new technologies.

State fire brigade president Olaf Kapke and many other experts pointed out that the risk of forest fires will increasingly increase due to climate change. Due to persistent drought and high temperatures, the situation will remain critical in the coming weeks. In particular, the areas in Northeast Lower Saxony are classified as particularly endangered, with the highest warning level 5 in certain regions.

With presumably coming challenges that the fire brigade will demand even more, the appeal to the citizens remains particularly careful and to take responsibility when dealing with open fire. A quick action since the fire brigade is now more necessary than ever to ensure the security of the citizens.

For more information about the incidents and the state of the emergency services, the reports can be made on Kreiszeitung , ndr and Stern