Kortrijk, The heavy fire that Tuesday night, the new pool on the Mandelaplein struck, remained ‘limited’ to the tower, and five slides, which destroyed his. “There is in the subtropical part soot damage and water ingress, but the damage seems to fall. It is not certain that the pool is months close. The roof should be safe. That we now go after,” say mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne and ceo Tom Hillewaere of administrator Lago. They are the 50 firefighters, who managed to contain the fire quickly under control, very grateful.
The tower and the five water slides, a black hole, turbo, duo slide, abyss with toll and one with tires – went up in flames. That the rest of the subtropical area – with, among others, with 160 meters longest lazy river of our country, a warm lagoon, children’s pool and a wave pool – free, however, is fine work of the fire brigade. “The slides are made from polyester. When polyester burns, do you get that, how much water you are about to spray,” explains officer of guard Chris Deryckere. “There was nothing on the pool to protect itself, to the polyester burned. Firefighters have even from inside the pool, from below, an attack with the water used. With success. Have a luck also that the tower of the slides in concrete, because concrete has a greater fire resistance than steel. It was a relief that the tower is not collapsed. Otherwise was also the pool may be destroyed by the flames,” according to Deryckere. The entire network of the fire zone Fluvia was on the spot during the fire, about 50 firefighters. The cause of the fire is currently not yet known. There was possibly a problem with the electricity in the hoogspanningscabine near the tower, witnesses saw an explosion and the ‘flashes of light’, but that is still unclear.
