Emergency - Carbon monoxide alarm: building with 250 people evacuated
250 people have been evacuated due to a carbon monoxide leak in a residential and commercial building in Pforzheim. Two people were also taken to hospital with minor injuries, a police spokesperson said on Thursday. There was no danger to life.
A woman called the emergency services on Wednesday evening due to health complaints, according to the fire department. The emergency services discovered an increased concentration of the gas in the building and alerted the fire department. With the help of a chimney sweep and after measurements were taken, the emergency services determined that the cause was a technical fault in an extraction system on a pizza oven. According to the police spokesperson, there is also a pizzeria and an Irish pub in the building complex.
It was suspected that the carbon monoxide had penetrated the building structure from there and reached the apartments. The operation of the pizza oven was prohibited. The affected apartments were ventilated. After around two hours, the residents were reportedly able to return to their homes.
Fire department report
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- In a similar incident, a commercial building in Baden-Württemberg experienced an emergency due to a gas leak, requiring evacuation of its occupants.
- The fire department in Pforzheim was alerted to an emergency at a commercial building, where a woman reported health issues caused by an unknown substance.
- Despite the evacuation of 250 people from a commercial building in Pforzheim due to an emergence of carbon monoxide, no severe accidents were reported by the local fire department.
- Emergency services in Baden-Württemberg, including the fire department, are regularly trained to handle various types of emergencies, including carbon monoxide leaks in commercial buildings.
Source: www.stern.de
