On Monday afternoon a fire broke out in a former Austrian fire engine converted into a camper on Bakboord in Drachten, the Netherlands. A lorry driver from a sewer technology company extinguished the fire and prevented it from spreading. The vehicle, originally from Spielberg in Austria, has been owned by the same person for 14 years; it had been standing idle for some time and was on its way to a garage for an MOT when the fire started. The fire service was alerted but on arrival the fire was already out, and firefighters carried out a check and extinguished the last remnants. The cause is suspected to be a short circuit; the extent of damage is unknown.
