on New Year’s Eve there were half a dozen small fires in Freiburg. The night was even quieter than feared, even for the rescue service and the police.
The inhabitants of Freiburg welcomed the new year 2023 with a large fireworks display. There was plenty to do in the city center and in hot spots like Kanonenplatz. The evening was relatively quiet for the rescuers.
After midnight, the fire brigade had to move to Weingarten for the biggest New Year’s operation. There was a fire on a balcony in the wooden high-rise building on Bugginger Strasse. There was a fire operation from inside and outside, as reported by Martin Kupper, Freiburg fire brigade directorate. The fire was quickly put out. “All in all, the night was thankfully quieter than we had feared,” says Kupper. Previously there had only been several small fires, for example from garbage can shelters. There were no injuries.
The firefighters had increased their readiness. In addition to the professional firefighters, the departments Unterstadt, Herdern, Zähringen, Rieselfeld, Waltershofen and Hochdorf also spent the New Year in the tool sheds.
From 20:00 to 1:30 the rescue service conducted almost 50 operations in the city of Freiburg and in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. Fortunately, there were no serious cases, DRK spokesman Matthias Reinbold told the Badische Zeitung overnight.
The police also reported at 1.30 am that there had been many operations, but so far there had been nothing dramatic.
