“We assume that the fire was intentional,” Salzburg fire expert Walter Kittl confirmed on Tuesday after the devastating fire at the Salzburg slaughterhouse. Police arrested a suspected suspect at the company’s premises on Tuesday.
Since 2 a.m. on Sunday, volunteer fire brigades and the professional fire brigade of the city of Salzburg have been fighting a fire at the Salzburg slaughterhouse in Bergheim. Toxic ammonia gas, which is used for cooling, threatened to escape. The extinguishing work took many hours.
Now it is clear: it was arson. According to Kittl, the fire department’s sniffer dog did not work, so no accelerants were used. Kittl assumes that a lighter was used to ignite highly flammable material that was stored in the hall.
Major problem for the investigation: The hall is in danger of collapsing. The researchers can only work with the help of a drone and a special crane with a grab arm. The fire investigator is now writing a report to the public prosecutor. The National Criminal Investigation Department took over the investigation. A possible suspect was arrested on Tuesday. He is under investigation on suspicion of arson. Further details about the suspect are not yet known.
Source: Krone
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