At around 1 p.m. the all-clear was given. 120 firefighters have been trying to extinguish the fire since the early hours of the morning. A feared leakage of toxic ammonia from the cooling system on the roof was prevented.
The fire on the premises of the Alpenrind company in Bergheim (Flachgau) was extinguished and an ammonia leak was successfully prevented. “The cooling measures we implemented worked. The pressure in the lines has gone down. There is no longer any danger,” said fire director Reinhard Ortler in a press release from the city of Salzburg. The fire director added that “the necessary post-extinguishing work is being carried out” and a fire station is being installed. Loudspeaker announcements for the population In the morning, loudspeaker announcements called on the surrounding population in the neighboring communities to keep the windows closed, reported Michael Haybäck, head of the district administration authority. The situation is under control, the wind blows the smoke north over less populated areas. The ammonia-powered fans on the roof of the slaughterhouse are cooled with extinguishing pipes, explained fire director Reinhold Ortler in the broadcast – “an outlet of the toxic irritant gas, that too This is how we were able to prevent it from burning.” Due to the lack of water around the source of the fire, pipes had to be laid to the Fischach, a side arm of the Salzach. 120 kilos of liquefied gasThe roof was opened in the late morning with the help of two cranes. According to official information, the three poorly cooled systems contain around 120 kilograms of liquefied ammonia. The pungent smelling, toxic irritant gas can have a suffocating effect. Both the gas itself and the fine dust particles formed are hazardous to health and damage plants and the environment. The determination of the cause of the fire with the participation of a fire expert and the State Criminal Police Office began in the early afternoon.
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