“What’s going on to Dampremy Docherie?” “Asks Sarah this Saturday afternoon via the orange button alert us. “A police helicopter turns to Dampmentmy/Docherie, what happens,” also wonders Justine a few minutes earlier.
A fire broke out this Bayemont’s Terril this Saturday afternoon in Dampemy, the firefighters from the Hainaut-Est rescue area said shortly after 6.30 p.m.. Two helicopters of the federal police intervened in reinforcement.
Marcinelle’s fire men were alerted from the start of a fire affecting the vegetation of the terril. Once there, firefighters immediately required reinforcements.
“There was a risk that the fire will spread to another area where homes were,” said the Hainaut-Est rescue area.
A tank, all-terrain vehicles and two helicopters of the federal police were necessary to ensure better intervention by the men of fire. “There was no carriage access on site. The first helicopter was present for location, the second for watering the flames, “added the Carolo barracks.
Shortly after 6:00 p.m., the firefighters left. Several favorable elements have facilitated their task. “There was a favorable opposite wind, which allowed a raising of the flames and a slower propagation. There was also the proximity of the canal, which allowed a fast water supply. ”
According to firefighters, forty-seven water lags by helicopter took place to master the flames.
