Kortenken (Brussels morning newspaper): A fire on the 50 -meter road in Waanrode, near Kortenken, was controlled by firefighters. The authorities urge the public not to rule out cigarette butts.
The conformity with Jeroen Ameel of the emergency service zone of the East of Brabant Flemish, the fire, which had extended during the 50 meters, was probably caused by the continuous drought.
The main cause of the extensive development of smoke in Waanrode was the fire on the road. The fire was very soon.
More than fifty meters had already been burned by the fire on the road. Once again, the city of Kortineken and the Fire Department urge people to avoid initial fires and, most importantly, not to rule out cigarette butts.
“You are never allowed to throw cigarette butts on the ground, but now with this persistent dry climate it is certainly not allowed.
If you have a barbecue, be careful and have sand and the water lists. Do not make an open fire, not only in your own garden and certainly not in a nature reserve “,
AMEEL adds.
What measures are tasks to avoid future fires on the road in the Kortenken area?
There is a less dry and fuel material next to the roads when the vegetation on the road is cut, can and clarifies regularly. Fire risk is considerably reduced by maintaining fire danger seasons under grass (EC, approximately 10 cm) and eliminating dry or dead plant matter.
It is possible to prevent ignition sources from contacting flammable vegetation by establishing damping areas without fuel along the road edges, such as clear extraction lanes or edges devoid of combustible material. This is particularly crucial in the neighborhood of picnic places and rest areas can be initiated by cigarettes or cars.
Campaigns to inform the premises and drivers about the dangers of the fire, partly during the dry spells, promote responsible behavior, such as anxing open flames, informing fires as soon as they occur and not throwing cars of cars.
