Duffel In Duffel is tonight a fire broke out in a house along the Mechelsebaan. The house ran a lot of rookschade. The residents will have the night elsewhere to spend.
The fire was noticed shortly before 21.00 hours Saturday night. Emergency services were flocking to the spot. The fire raged in the bedroom. A mattress had caught fire. “One of the residents first has even tried to put out the fire but without success. These emergency services are notified,” says Sofie Joosen (N-VA), mayor of Duffel. The Duffelse fire station of Hulpverleningszone Rivierenland got the fire quickly under control.
Uninhabitable
The mattress was brought out and nageblust. The house and mainly the upper floor ran quite rookschade. In the bedroom there was a lot of fire damage. “The house was temporarily uninhabitable declare”, Joosen further. “The residents can visit with family.” They were under the guidance of the fire and after the bluswerken still have some stuff to pick up.
Charger
For the cause is currently being looked at the charger of a mobile phone. This became overheated and caught fire. The man of the house was preemptively transferred to the Sint-Maartenziekenhuis in Mechelen. He was overcome by the smoke. During the intervention of the fire brigade was the Mechelsebaan at the height of the house closed off to traffic to Duffel. It could be by turns long.
