Burning car extinguished with eight bottles of beer

According to the police, the car caught fire on Saturday afternoon due to a technical defect in the engine area. The man immediately stopped at the breakdown lane. While his wife and two children got to safety, he took the luggage and a crate of beer out of the trunk and “immediately started the first extinguishing measures”.

According to the police, the fire was extinguished after eight bottles of beer. The arriving fire brigade disconnected the vehicle battery to be on the safe side and prevented the leakage of environmentally harmful liquids. The car was totaled, according to police. However, damage to the road surface of the motorway was prevented by quickly extinguishing it with barley juice.