Fire Brigade Leverkusen: Dramatic fire of a small van on A1!

Fire Brigade Leverkusen: Dramatic fire of a small van on A1!

on May 30, 2025, around 10:03 p.m., the Leverkusen fire brigade was alerted via the emergency call 112 via a fire from a small van at Bundesautobahn 1 towards Dortmund. Several callers reported that no driver was seen near the vehicle, which caused the suspicion that someone could be on the burning van. The emergency services of the professional fire brigade and the Opladen and Rheindorf volunteer fire brigade were sent to the site.

The alarming situation was confirmed on site: the small van was in full fire. Fortunately, it turned out that nobody was trapped inside. The fire brigade control center initiated extensive fire fighting measures, and the fire could be quickly brought under control. To ensure that nobody was injured, emergency services searched for possible occupants with a drone and thermal imaging camera in the area of ​​the vehicle. A total of 37 emergency services were involved in this dramatic rescue operation, while the volunteer fire brigade secured the basic protection for the city of Leverkusen.