Kortrijk Two days for the brand new pool at Kortrijk Weide would be opened, has a fire for untold damage taken care of. “Nobody was injured and that is the most important thing. But this is a heavy blow for all those who it helped and they who have eagerly looked forward to come here to enjoy,” says mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne. Of malicious intent is, for now, no question, but the repair will still take months.
Walkers beat around 23 hours last night an alarm when the explosion occurred in the pool. The explosion was immediately followed by a fierce fire. That beat in no time to the imposing glijbanencomplex (750 meters in total).
“There is in the subtropical part soot damage and water ingress, but the damage seems to fall”, say mayor Vincent Van Quickenborne and ceo Tom Hillewaere of administrator Lago. Van Quickenborne thanked at a press conference this afternoon, the more than 120 firefighters that have made that a worse disaster was avoided.
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.
a Heavy task due to little prior knowledge
The fire brigade had a very difficult assignment. “Burn of that size questions the commitment of many people and resources,” says Deryckere. “Fire extinguishers in all of our fifteen entries are to Kortrijk come. We have a tankwagencircuit set up to at any time have sufficient water.” From the nearby river Lys were the stocks always quickly replenished. “That it is a new building, is not in our favor,” according to Deryckere. “We have little prior knowledge. The plans of the building were quickly overtaken.”
