Herselt on Saturday morning around 11.20 pm were the emergency services called for a woningbrand on Behind the World in Herselt. A portion of the old farm, owned by the sister of Sven Nys, was completely destroyed. The fire brigade came flocking to the spot but could the catering / restaurant area not more save.
For the extinguishing of the woningbrand came to the emergency services among others, zone Kempen post Herenthout, Grobbendonk, Westerlo on the spot. Also the fire department zone East of Flemish Brabant was present, the fire department, zone Kempen post Mole was present with a clothes container.
hours and Hours to have the fire fighters the fire trying to subdue the fire on both sides to fight, but to no avail.
“On the way to the intervention, I was told that it is a big woningbrand went”, says skipper Luc Leysen. “We have done everything to the living area as much as possible, to indemnify, and to the catering / restaurant area is unfortunately totally destroyed.”
Because the farmstead Behind the Weyreldt’ quite a rural area there were not enough water points accessible to such a large fire to extinguish. Because of this, there are also some additional tankers deployed to the firefighters enough water to be able to provide.
The living area was pretty well protected, already has a piece of the roof a lot of damage, making it temporarily uninhabitable. Owner Britt Nys could do nothing, and saw from a distance her farm in flames.