Affligem A house on the corner of the Daalstraat and the Kaaistraat in Teralfene is temporarily uninhabitable after a short but intense dakbrand. The fire started in the chimney but spread to the roof. The fire brigade from Denderleeuw was near to the practice and noticed the fire still for the call.
The emergency services were shortly after 19.30 hours called for a fire in the Daalstraat. According to mayor Walter Thunder (CD&V) were the customers of the tavern Schettenberg that the flames were noticed and the emergency services alerted. “But prior to the effective call were our colleagues from Denderleeuw is already on the way,” says captain Jeroen Eeckelaers of the fire zone Vlaams-Brabant West. “They happened to be some hundreds of metres further to the exercise at the height of the Water and noticed that there away something was not right. They did not to their exercise, stop and takes off. Therefore, they were able to very quickly intervene.”