Around 25 cars are on fire at a car break on the Maalbergenstraat in Wernhout. In addition, a lot of smoke is released. The fire brigade has scaled up to ‘big fire’ and is present with several vehicles, a platform and extra water transport.
The burning cars are at the back of the scrap yard. It concerns 20 to 25 cars. The fire brigade has managed to insulate these vehicles, so that the fire cannot spread any further.
The Safety Region advises bystanders to stay out of the smoke.
There are more than five hundred cars on the site of the company, which is about ten thousand square meters in size. There is also a large shed. No fire broke out there.