Fire at Mont-sur-Lausanne
How the firefighters defeated the impressive metal blaze
The emergency services had to face technical challenges to extinguish the fire that occurred Sunday in a waste center. The danger was completely dismissed around midnight.
On August 17, more than 50 firefighters were mobilized to combat the big fire which broke out in the metal deposit of the recovery company of the Bader group.
Yvain Genevay
- More than 50 firefighters fought the fire at the sorting center. Some of them stayed until midnight.
- A on -site medical control system made it possible to monitor the state of fire soldiers.
- A drone equipped with thermal cameras guided extinction operations.
- The Bader SA company provides for a normal resumption of its activities between Tuesday and Wednesday.
The day after the impressive fire Who touched a bunch of scrap metal in a waste sorting and recovery center in Mont-sur-Lausanne this Sunday, the firefighters take stock of a long and demanding intervention.
“The last people left the scene around midnight, when the danger was completely dismissed, even if the fire itself had been mastered earlier, around 8 pm,” said Commander Luis Mendez, head of the SDIS LA Mèbre.
Disturbed activities to play his
For the Bader SA group, hit by the incident, it is not completely closed. “The receptions of goods are still disrupted, but we hope to be able to reopen normally Tuesday or Wednesday,” says Frédéric Leimgruber, CEO of Metabader SA. However, he says he is “relieved”. “The fire was under control fairly quickly and no injuries were to be deplored.”
The main difficulty of the intervention resided in the particular configuration of the blaze, composed of a huge mass of metal waste.
Yvain Genevay
If the origin of the fire remains to be determined, the disaster company quickly mentioned the track of a faulty lithium-ion battery which would have fueled fire. A similar hypothesis was raised two days earlier to Brightwhere a similar incident took place.
The main difficulty of the intervention resided in the particular configuration of the blaze. “It was a huge mass of metal waste,” said Luis Mendez. To reach the hearth, it was necessary to detail, that is to say to take the blocks one by one with grapples (Editor’s note: three cranes with pliers)cool them apart, then start again, ”explains the officer.
A drone flying over the fire
In order to determine where the hottest areas were located, the emergency services used a drone equipped with thermal cameras. “The smoke prevented any visibility,” said the commander.
Three tonnes, a scam truck and an articulated arm were notably deployed in the industrial area in Budron, this Sunday.
Yvain Genevay
At the peak of the intervention, for which the alert was given a little before 1 p.m., more than 50 firefighters from the SDIS la Mèbre, Lausanne and the surrounding region were activated against the flames. Three tonnes fire, a scam truck and an articulated arm have notably been deployed in the industrial area in Budron, as well as means of lighting and transport of pipes. “The collaboration between the various” blue fires “services was exemplary,” says Luis Mendez.
Medical control in Mont-sur-Lausanne
If the fumes released by this fire slightly bothered a few passers-by and residents, the firefighters had to face the heat, stress and intense physical effort. “Those who wear respiratory apparatus are a little, but a on -site medical control system allows you to monitor their condition. They can rest for a quarter of an hour, then leave, ”explains the SDIS commander the same.
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