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The fire brigade, rescue service and police responded to a tractor fire in the Vogelsberg district. The damage is extensive and the cause of the fire is unclear.
Schotten/Schwalmtal – The control center in the Vogelsberg district alerted the fire brigade, rescue service and police with an emergency report on Saturday (May 23rd) at 5:06 p.m. An agricultural machine caught fire near the L3144 road between Schwalmtal-Brauerschwend and Schotten-Rainrod.
Tractor on fire: emergency services prevent anything worse from happening
When the fire fighters arrived, the tractor was already fully engulfed in flames. “Fortunately, the first forces were on site very quickly and were able to contain the fire quickly, even though diesel was leaking,” said Joshua Donath, deputy municipal fire inspector for the Schwalmtal municipality.
According to the fire department, the tractor was a total loss. The owner estimated the damage at 90,000 euros. It is unclear why the tractor caught fire. According to the farmer, the tractor caught fire during normal operational activities near the biogas plant.
According to the fire department, which was deployed with 40 people, the water supply was not that easy. However, the farmer's fire water container was available. Two weeks before 90 people had to be evacuated from the A66 motorway tunnel near Neuhof after a car caught fire there.
