Smoke from large fires in Waalwijk attracts gulls and direction Dussen (video) – Brabants Dagblad

* UPDATE 23:48 pm * WAALWIJK – Tuesday night fire broke out at the industrial estate on the wheel travel and Kleiweg in Waalwijk. The fire department reports that the signal fire master has not given around midnight. Extinguishing the fire will last long into the night as the fire itself is difficult to combat. In spite of the extent of the fire, there are no dangerous substances released, say police.
 

Around 22:00 the fire was able to report that the fire could be extinguished checked something more. “We’re trying now to fight inside the building the fire. This does not mean that the fire has been extinguished, it will certainly take some time. ” By inside the building to extinguish the fire trying to save a portion of the property. “Whether the building can be considered lost, we can not say.”

The message was around 18:15 hours at the emergency inside. The fire raged at the company Huiskes Metal. The company recycles old electronic devices and residual metals. The fire department has announced that there were no casualties because at the time of the fire no one was in the building. Around 20:30 hours the smoke slightly.

Scaling

 They decided by the Safety Central and West Brabant scaled up to GRIP 1. This means that coordination between various emergency services needed to tackle the fire. The fire left earlier in the evening to know that there was plucked with a platoon because it was a large building with few walls between which the fire could quickly spread. “Also chosen for dedication because of the water supply and the smoke that hangs quite low.

View images of the fire through the periscope of Fire Central and West Brabant.

at 19.30 the security forces let go an NL-Alert containing the call to windows and doors and close the entire area of ​​Waalwijk. The fire attracted a lot of attention. Dozens of fire engines, fire-fighting units and the police arrived at the scene. The area surrounding the building was completely dropped. Because of the fire in Waalwijk also went Drongengoed Lense spring out of service. At 22.45 there once was a NL-Alert out. The fire was still not under control, “residents in the surrounding area may suffer from the smoke and swirling soot particles by the wind,” said Public Safety.

Plumes of smoke
 The clouds of smoke could be seen for miles around. Puff pulled from 18:30 direction Sprang-Capelle, an hour later the wind turned and went into the smoke toward the Land of Heusden and Altena, gulls and Dussen. Residents there were summoned to close the windows and doors. O ok on the A59 the puffs were at Waalwijk and the A27 visible. Motorists on the A59 along Waalwijk, was advised to close the windows because of the big smoke that drew towards the highway.

It is not yet clear how the fire started exactly. “The first priority is to put out the fire, then we will do extensive research into the cause, ‘says the fire.