Vilvoorde a Few tens of families from the centre of Vilvoorde to the night elsewhere to spend as a result of a severe fire in a furniture store. The fire brigade had hours to get the fire under control. A transfer to a secondary school was narrowly avoided, but two adjacent homes were also damaged and temporarily uninhabitable. The emergency services are massively on the spot. The store itself burned almost completely off.
The fierce fire at Belga Furniture, that a year ago, but completely renovated, in the Kolveniersstraat was short for 22 hours noted. “Upon our arrival was the fire all layout,” says majoor Dirk Keymolen of the fire zone Vlaams-Brabant West. “Almost immediately, we asked strengthening of surrounding brandweerzones which also Riverland and Flemish-Brabant East to put came. Also the Brussels fire brigade assistance. There was more water brought in from the Brussels-Scheldt maritime Canal. The biggest problem that the fire posed was the difficult accessibility of the building. The entire building is surrounded by houses and a school. The shop is filled with wooden furniture and mattresses, which the fire load is enormous.” Because the risk was that the fire would skip on neighboring houses, troops evacuated the emergency services are about thirty residents.
As it was thought to be the helicopter of the Federal Police to put questions to bluszak the fire to fight, but that eventually went through. The municipal contingency plan was also promulgated, and mayor Hans Bonte (sp.(a) was also on the spot. The Civil Protection carried out measurements to determine what, if any, harmful substances are released. “Luckily there are no injuries cases, and almost all of the evacuated residents to their homes can return,” said Bonte. “We are currently investigating whether the smoke of asbestos.”
