Big fire in Neuwied: all -clear for residents after dramatic hours!

Big fire in Neuwied: all -clear for residents after dramatic hours!

On December 30, 2024, a warning was issued in Remagen-Kipp in the Neuwied district for a major fire. The Montabaur control center rated the Situation as slightly dangerous and informed the residents that they should keep windows and doors closed. At 4:36 p.m., the residents and the all-clear were given, which was valid for the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, especially for Neuwied. The original warning was carried out due to the smoke by the fire of a warehouse, such as news.de reported.

The big fire that broke out in downtown Neuwied made four apartments uninhabitable and affected both a crib and a day care center. The fire was created on the attic of an apartment building, presumably due to roofing work, as a police spokesman said. A family of five, a mother with a child and two single people are affected. The neighboring building in which the day care center is located was closed as a precaution because of an asbestos. The adjacent kindergarten is also closed until after the Christmas holidays after asbestos plates were found in the building; However, an asbestos release is considered unlikely. People were not harmed with the fire, but the damage to property is considerable and cannot currently be quantified. The fire brigade was deployed when the apartment building was already on fire and heavy smoke and odor nuisance in the Neuwied city center were found, such as