VIDEO. Centre of Diksmuide for hours, closed off by heavy fire in the house

Diksmuide In the centre of Diksmuide has Monday afternoon a heavy fire raged in a house along the Esenweg.

Just for 12 hours noticed a few passers-by and a policeman, who accidentally passed that flames from the roof of a house beat, right in the centre. The fire department was notified and the corps of Diksmuide and Houthulst came on the spot. The fire was located in the back of the house on the roof of the attic. Because there is no one at home had the fire brigade the door force to hit. Once inside there appeared to be on the attic floor there is a defect in a heating system and a fire followed. The fire department also did a attack of in the garden, but the fire proved difficult to control. There had to be a hole in the roof to be made, and it turned out several wooden beams all fully in fire to have been. The damage to the house is great. A part of the attic is completely destroyed and the underlying floors were heavy damage. The resident was at the time of the fire in his work and was called to return. Also with the neighbours was there to check there is no damage. It is not yet clear whether the property is uninhabitable. By the intervention was the Esenweg long time to close.