Huge blaze breaks out in Thurgau warehouse
Caroline Bishop - [email protected]
Published: 3 Aug, 2015 CET.
Updated: Mon 3 Aug 2015 13:00 CET
More than 100 firefighters tackled a fire at a storage depot in Horn, in the canton of Thurgau, on Monday morning.
The fire broke out at 5.30am in a building storing antiques and liquidated goods, according to Thurgau cantonal police.
“A building has collapsed. The flames have now spread to two others,” said spokesman Matthias Graf.
Horn (TG): Un feu hors de contrôle ravage des entrepôts http://t.co/ZYTb6v53wk pic.twitter.com/zyMqIAAEGe
— 20 minutes Suisse (@20minutesOnline) August 3, 2015
Over 100 firefighters were fighting the blaze with the help of two army helicopters.
One Super-Puma employed to collect water from nearby Bodensee (Lake Constance) dispatched 4,000 litres per journey to the site of the fire.
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The fire broke out at 5.30am in a building storing antiques and liquidated goods, according to Thurgau cantonal police.
“A building has collapsed. The flames have now spread to two others,” said spokesman Matthias Graf.
Horn (TG): Un feu hors de contrôle ravage des entrepôts http://t.co/ZYTb6v53wk pic.twitter.com/zyMqIAAEGe
— 20 minutes Suisse (@20minutesOnline) August 3, 2015
Over 100 firefighters were fighting the blaze with the help of two army helicopters.
One Super-Puma employed to collect water from nearby Bodensee (Lake Constance) dispatched 4,000 litres per journey to the site of the fire.
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