Fire brigade in continuous use: New Year's Eve ensures numerous fires!

The fire brigade in the district of Neunkirchen had to extinguish numerous fires on New Year's Eve. According to spokesman Andreas Kuhn, the volunteers were alerted several times. A total of eleven fires in the district were reported between New Year's Eve and New Year's morning, but there were no injuries. The damage is sometimes significant. The first alarm took place shortly after midnight when a BMW 116i in Schiffweiler was completely burned down at 0:15 a.m. The fire brigade could not save the vehicle because it was already completely on fire. Another car was damaged by the fire. A fireworks were probably the cause of the fire, which initially lit a hedge.

On New Year's morning, a semi-detached house burned in Landsweiler-Reden. The pergola of the semi -detached house caught fire, which increased the risk of spread to adjacent buildings. When the fire brigade arrived, the fire was already covered to the roof of both houses. In order to prevent the spread, the fire brigade had to open parts of the beam. A house is uninhabitable because the power line was destroyed; In the neighboring house, the residents can return to the ground floor. The pergola was completely destroyed, the damage is estimated at around 100,000 euros.

further fire incidents in Lower Saxony

On New Year's Eve 2024/2025, firefighters in Lower Saxony had to deal with several hundred missions. The total damage through the fires is estimated at several million euros. A house fire broke out in Hude (Oldenburg district), in which 130 firefighters were deployed. A resident had alerted the emergency services. The house, a garage and two cars were on fire; The residents, consisting of two adults and two small children, were able to leave the building unharmed. Fortunately, the fire brigade prevented the flames from spreading to neighboring buildings, but the house is uninhabitable.

in Geestland (Cuxhaven district) broke out a fire in a residential and commercial building shortly after the turn of the year, where the fire brigade saved two people and a cat. In Papenburg (district of Emsland), an 89-year-old woman suffered flue gas poisoning in a house fire, presumably triggered by a parked fireworks battery, which resulted in damage of around 50,000 euros. There were also several fires in Wilhelmshaven and Delmenhorst, some of which can be attributed to fireworks.