By Rüdiger Busch
Book. There was great excitement in and around the Neckar-Odenwald clinics on Monday afternoon: a fire alarm unsettled those responsible, employees, patients and relatives. In an initial statement from the police press office there was even talk of a necessary partial evacuation of the house.
Fortunately, the situation on site was a little less dramatic: the emergency services from the Buchen volunteer fire department quickly brought the basement fire under control and thus prevented the fire from spreading to other floors.
No one was injured, district fire chief Jörg Kirschenlohr said on site. Three patients from the emergency room were transferred as a precaution, as Jan Egenberger, press spokesman for the district office, told RNZ when asked.
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In the basement of the hospital in Buchen, a fire broke out in a battery room around 3:45 p.m., informed the operations manager, city commander Andreas Hollerbach. The fire then spread to other batteries and led to heavy smoke. The fire alarm system then triggered the alarm properly.
The Buchen volunteer fire department was on site within a very short time with a large contingent and started fighting the fire. In particular, the heavy smoke, which quickly spread to the ground floor, posed challenges for the emergency services. The Buchen-Stadt fire department and the Bödigheim department fire department were on duty with a total of 35 personnel.
Since the Florians' disciples managed to put out the fire quickly, there was no danger to the patients and no evacuations had to be carried out. At the time of the fire, there were 80 inpatients in the hospital, as well as outpatients and numerous employees.
“We are all happy that the fire went lightly,” said District Administrator Achim Brötel, who came to Buchen specifically and got an idea of the situation on site. The district administrator praised “the courageous intervention of the rescue workers,” which prevented anything worse from happening. “Fortunately no people were injured,” concluded Brötel.
Update: Monday, December 16, 2024, 6:05 p.m
