Great fire in Hofheim-Wallau: Fire brigade in use against flames!

Great fire in Hofheim-Wallau: Fire brigade in use against flames!

On Saturday morning, a fire broke out in a waste disposal company in Hofheim-Wallau that kept the region in suspense. According to hessenschau.de began to blazes the flames in a delimited area of ​​the company. A white column of smoke that was visible from afar, but luckily there were no injuries among the employees.
The fire brigade was immediately alerted and was able to delete the fire quickly. Residents were asked to keep doors and windows closed by loudspeakers to protect against smoke development. The emergency services reported that there was no risk that the flames could spread to other parts of the building. Nevertheless, the cause of the fire remains unclear.

The Hofheim fire brigade was in use with several units, including specialized vehicles such as the Sleeper extinguishing agents and the aerial ladder. They had a good hand to quickly control the situation. According to initial information, around 300 cubic meters of commercial waste were set on fire. The emergency services even had to intervene with a wheel loader to extinguish embers. These measures contributed to the quick containment of the fire and prevented an even greater danger to the special waste warehouse in the company, as the fire brigade's official operational report, the Federal Environment Agency .

Today, waste management aims primarily at the protection of natural resources. With the circulatory economy law (KRWG) of 2020, another important step towards environmentally friendly waste management was taken. The main goal of these laws is to avoid waste, reuse and recycle in high quality. To achieve this, waste must be collected separately, which has been mandatory for many materials since 2015.

A total of around 350 million tons in Germany is recorded in Germany, of which around 60 percent come from construction and demolition waste. Such incidents such as the fire in Hofheim are therefore not only questionable for the immediate residents, but also lead a light on the challenges with which the waste management is faced.