Environmental damage
Old tire fire damages workshop
In the late evening hours of September 03, a garage in Feldberg (Neubrandenburg) was damaged by a fire involving old tires. The approximately 1.000 tires stored on the premises had been destroyed by a
Tire fire causes 1,5 million euros in damage
A major fire in the port of Kelheim/Saal on the Danube caused €1,5 million in damage. Three warehouses containing tires went up in flames on the afternoon of September 02.09.2016, XNUMX, when a man blew out the fuel tank.
Arson directly at Landstrasse
A fire involving 50 to 70 old tires caused significant obstructions to traffic on the B 02 between Gardelegen and Salzwedel on the evening of August 71. Over 25 emergency personnel were deployed.
Firebug strikes again!
Following the old tire fires in Zierstorf and Wattmannshagen, the fire department has concluded that an arsonist is at work in the region between Güstrow and Teterow. On the night of
The mountain of illegally dumped tires in northern Saxony continues to grow
Farmer Heiko Fischer from Pohritzsch in Saxony can hardly believe it when he learns on the morning of July 1st that around 100 old tires have been dumped on his field. "That always
Used tires wildly disposed of by dealers?
32 old tires were illegally dumped by still unknown polluters in the fields near Heuchelheim (in the district of Giessen, Hesse) over the past few days. The police were alerted to the
The Night of the Burning Tires
During the night of July 1st, the fire brigade in Western Pomerania had to deal with two fires. In both cases, it was a waste tire storage facility that was ablaze in
Recovered 50 tires from the river
Employees of the IBZ St. Marienthal Foundation in Ostritz, Saxony, have removed a large amount of waste from the river during the “Clean Neisse” campaign, including a lot of old tires –
Lots of old tires: community offers reward
In a forest near the municipality of Hünfelden, over 120 illegally dumped old tires were discovered – which the municipality must now dispose of at great expense. Therefore, Hünfelden has offered a reward of
Spain's great "tire graveyard" now burned down
Over the Pentecost weekend of May 14-15, an exorbitant waste tire dump in Spain went up in flames. Now, the "largest illegal waste tire dump in Europe" has largely burned down. The responsible authorities
Burning tire mountain triggers major alarm in Spain!
In Spain, a national disaster alert was triggered due to a massive fire at an illegal landfill site—which is also the largest waste tire storage facility in Europe—near the town of Seseña. The fire department
Tire Firestarter strikes for the second time!
In the night of May 6th, a 40-meter-long factory building on an industrial site in Wiesenburg caught fire – exactly one month after a similar fire in a