Bamberg, GERMANY (11 July, 2013) -- A recycling container located on a parking lot at U.S. Army garrison Bamberg caught fire.
Smoke was in the air when Staff Sgt. Derrek Gibson, 4-319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, initiated an emergency call to the garrison's fire department at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 11. When an attempt to extinguish the fire with a common fire extinguisher was not successful, Engelbert Marty, USAG Bamberg Directorate of Emergency Services, called the Bamberg firefighters. Two fire trucks responded to the site only seven minutes later, according to Marty.
Wearing breathing protection devices, the fire fighters flooded the container and resolved the problem within seconds. DES is investigating the case. Most likely a burning cigarette was causing the fire, said Marty.
"Especially with this hot weather, we'd like to remind community members that smoking, hot ashes from barbecues and hot engines parked on dry grass are the main causes for fire," said Marty.
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