Fire at Pollmeier's mill in Aschaffenburg

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On late Friday afternoon, 17th of November, a fire broke out from dust explosion at Pollmeier's sawmill in Aschaffenburg.

According to the police, a fire had started in the area if a boiler impregnation plant in a factory building for reasons which at the moment are unclear. Two employees of the company wanted to extinguish the fire but weren't able as a dust explosion broke out. 

As a result of the subsequent reaction of the workforce, all the halls were completely cleared immediately, so that there were no injuries. A large contingent of the fire department in Aschaffenburg managed to contain the fire after several hours. 

There is no information on the amount of damage so far.

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Ben Mickler
Ben Mickler
Hopefully, before more lives are lost industries will pay more attention to, and especially adhereing to, hazardous classifications.