Photo: Tony Zegers
Playing with fireworks caused a fire dune
by Louise Wolters
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Playing with fireworks by two guys Texel dunes fire Friday afternoon caused the Ruigendijk De Koog.
Covering an area of approximately a half acre burned away the vegetation.
Besides the fire trucks from Den Burg and De Cocksdorp large water tanks were also deployed to fight the fire.
The tanker with 21,000 liters fire fighting again proved his service. The content
went twice to extinguish fully.
"I sometimes wonder how we used to do," said Fire Chief Dick Texel Jongeneel.
"Because we now fire fighting have available, we have clout. "
around 14.00 pm, the fire department alerted.
The last team came around 18.30 hours back to the barracks in Den Burg.
At 19.30 hours they advanced again.
The thick humus layer in the area, the fire seemed to blaze again.
was decided to put a crane in which the ground "converted" and so the heat was stifling.
According to Erik van der Spek of Forestry would otherwise smoke may be too intense for the area.
"There was a risk that otherwise the campsite and nearby roundabout to be closed in connection with the smoke."
"By digging the soil is unfortunately the structure of the area affected. "
In the area where the fire raged, according to Van der Spek little brooding birds.
"In that respect, the damage is so bad."
also ripped the Saturday fire, because the fire flared up again near the roundabout Nieuwlanderweg.
The boys were playing with fireworks, have themselves been reported to the police.
Source Texel Plaza
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