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Fire cell incident: Straw bale compression unit blazes in Weetzenbruch

Fire Department of Celle Volunteers - Celle - At 21:11 on Tuesday evening, we received a call for assistance

Straw press in Weetzenbruch experiences fire, causing damage to the FW cell.
Straw press in Weetzenbruch experiences fire, causing damage to the FW cell.

Fire cell incident: Straw bale compression unit blazes in Weetzenbruch

The Volunteer Fire Department Celle was alerted to a burning baling press in Straße Andertenhausen on Tuesday evening at 21:11, according to a report from the news source news aktuell. Upon arrival, the baling press was fully engulfed in flames.

The operation to extinguish the fire involves Celle's main fire station, the police, and the emergency services. The firefighting process was initiated immediately, with several C-hoses currently in use. During the extinguishing operations, the straw inside the press must be laboriously removed.

However, as of 21:45, the baling press remains fully engulfed in flames, and no update has been provided regarding the risk of the fire spreading. Fortunately, no injuries have been reported among the firefighters or emergency personnel.

The exact cause of the fire at the baling press is not yet known. For further inquiries, you can contact Florian Persuhn, the Press Officer for the Fire Department Celle, at [email protected] or via the website www.feuerwehr-celle.de.

It is worth noting that, according to the provided search results, there was no relevant fire incident on a Thursday recorded involving a burning baling press. The only relevant incident on a Thursday was at 21:34 involving burning posters in Heimstraße, Methler, but no press was mentioned.

The extinguishing work at the burning baling press in Straße Andertenhausen is still ongoing. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

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