Dash cans in Bühl burn: Cause cigarette butts discovered!

Von Polizeipräsidium Offenburg

Am Mittwoch meldete die Polizei einen Mülleimerbrand in der Humboldtstraße, gelöscht von der Feuerwehr Bühl. Ursächlich könnten Zigarettenkippen gewesen sein.
On Wednesday, the police reported a garbage can in Humboldtstrasse, deleted by the Bühl fire brigade. The cause could have been cigarette butts. (Symbolbild/NAGW)

On Wednesday afternoon, around 1:15 p.m., a trash can burned on Humboldtstrasse! The alarmed fire brigade Bühl was there in no time and deleted the fire. Initial investigations suggest that cigarette butts on the metal grate of the trash can was the cause of the fire. Fortunately, the property damage was limited to the defective lower part of the trash can - everything else remained intact!

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OrtHumboldtstraße, 76530 Bühl, Deutschland