Huge fire in the Alpitronic factory in Bolzano. The Municipality: “Close the windows”

The Fire Brigade and technicians from the Environment Agency are on site. A large cloud of smoke over the city

ROME – Fire this morning in the factory Alpitronic of Bolzano, the world leading company of charging stations for electric cars. The images circulating online show an enormous column of smoke and very high flames rising from the factory located in via di Mezzo ai Piani. The fire broke out around 9 am in an area where renovation works are underway, then quickly spread. At the moment there are no injuries or victims. The airspace over the city was closed. Firefighters on site.

THE MUNICIPALITY: “CLOSE THE WINDOWS”

A school in the area was evacuated for safety reasons. “The situation is under control and the only precaution to be taken is to keep nearby doors and windows closed and to turn off air conditioning and ventilation systems – we read in a note from the Municipality of Bolzano -. The Fire Brigade and technicians from the Environment Agency are on site. Further updates coming soon. Due to thefireto the Plans a big one got up cloud of smokeclearly visible above the city”.