Fire alarm in Korbach: Food market quickly cleared!

Fire alarm in Korbach: Food market quickly cleared!

on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, there was a fire alarm in a food market in Briloner Landstrasse in Korbach at 10:50 a.m. The quick alarm resulted in the fire -fighting train of the core city defense only a few minutes after the alarm location. The all -clear was quickly given on site because the automatic fire alarm system had triggered due to roofing work. The staff of the market received a lot of praise for the rapid evacuation and the free keeping of the access roads, which is of great importance in such situations. This was already the fourth fire brigade within 24 hours.

Immediately before, the fire brigade had to work through two traces of oil on Monday. On Tuesday night, too, it was challenged in the old town, where a smoke alarm in Lengefelter Straße required use. Here a burned meal had caused strong smoke development. A resident was looked after by the emergency services and the apartment had to be ventilated thoroughly while the defective stove was separated from the power grid. This situation required about an hour's work of the emergency services.

smoke alarms triggering the construction site

Already on May 25, a loud smoke alarm caused excitement on a construction site on Bahnhofstrasse. A passerby alerted the fire brigade, which quickly moved out with four vehicles and twelve emergency services under the direction of Carsten Vahland. It turned out on site that the detector had been triggered for no apparent reason. How this got to the construction site remains unclear; It is speculated that someone from a nearby apartment disturbed the alarm and threw the detector out of the window. This assignment lasted around 45 minutes, the police were also on site to watch possible information.

statistical developments on fires and their consequences

The question of security by smoke detectors should not be underestimated. According to Rauchkernder Lebenslein , the number of branded deaths in Germany has drastically reduced in the past 30 years. While 787 fire deaths were still recorded in 1990, this number fell to 388. Despite this positive development, the number of fire brigade operations in fires and explosions has increased again since 2014. Therefore, it remains essential to raise awareness of fire protection and smoke detectors to reverse this trend.

Overall, the recent incidents in Korbach show the importance of functioning smoke alarms and the operational readiness of the fire brigade. The experiences gained from the missions could not only help to react even faster in the future, but also to promote the understanding of fire protection among the population.