Floor fire on A66: Fire Brigade Bad Orb quickly in use!

Floor fire on A66: Fire Brigade Bad Orb quickly in use!

Bad Orb, Deutschland - A hot day for the Bad Orb fire brigade: On June 13, 2025, the volunteer fire brigade was alerted at 12:17 p.m. to delete a surface fire on the A66 in the direction of Fulda. The fire area comprised about 20 square meters of grass and scrub in the median of the highway. A team used a quick attack to combat the fire. Due to the safety function measures, the highway had to be completely blocked to secure the site. A total of several vehicles were deployed, including the HLF, TLF4000 with VSA, WLF with AB water and the ELW1. This rapid reaction of the fire brigade once again shows how important your work is in such situations to prevent worse things. reports on this fast use of the fire brigade.

Not only the use on the highway, the fire brigade has employed the fire brigade in the past few days. On May 11, 2025, there was a serious fire in an apartment building in Bad Orb, in which property damage of at least 200,000 euros was caused. Fortunately, all residents could get to safety in good time, and there were no injuries. The fire presumably appeared in the area of ​​the terrace and quickly spread to the entire building, which is now uninhabitable. An adjacent house was also affected. The investigation into the cause of the fire is still pending, although negligent arson cannot be excluded. This incident has certainly put the residents on alert, because burning buildings are a big topic. Fuldaer Zeitung reports on this worrying incident.

background to fire statistics

In the light of these events, it is worth taking a look at the current fire statistics, which were recorded in the report № 29 of the CFS CTIF 2024. This analysis includes data from 55 countries and covers a period from 2018 to 2022. An insight into the fire statistics can help to better understand the risk factors.

For many years it has been examined how often fires occur, what types of operations the fire brigade records and how many fire victims are available. In Germany, the firefighters are regularly exposed to a high risk, which is also reflected in international statistics. In the case of forest fires and other large fire, the need for preventive measures is becoming increasingly clear. Statistics on the cause of the fire and the number of operations are not only important for the fire brigade, but also for the general public, which must be aware of the risks. The report on the website of the CTIF: CTIF .