Cars Inferno on the BAB60: motorway near Mainz closed!

Cars Inferno on the BAB60: motorway near Mainz closed!

In a dramatic incident, a vehicle caught fire on the BAB60 in the Mainz-Bingen district on Thursday (October 10, 2024). At 1:44 a.m., the police received the emergency call about the full fire of the vehicle, which was parked on the side strip in the direction of Bingen, shortly before the Heiden trip rest area. When the emergency services arrived, the car was already on fire.

In order not to endanger the fire brigade's extinguishing work and to ensure the safety of road users due to the dense smoke development, the highway behind the Heidesheim junction was completely closed. The measure was considered necessary to avoid further dangers and to have the rescuers work unhindered. Details zu diesem Vorfall sind noch spärlich, jedoch reports www.inrlp.de that the fire brigade was quickly on site to extinguish the fire.