{"id":2717,"date":"2016-09-01T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/09\/01\/opnieuw-brand-onder-tegels-op-de-campus\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:09","slug":"opnieuw-brand-onder-tegels-op-de-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2016\/09\/01\/opnieuw-brand-onder-tegels-op-de-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Another fire under the tiles on the campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A small fire flared up near the entrance of the Tinbergen Building adjacent to the Erasmus Pavilion on Thursday morning around 11:30. Two fire engines and a police car responded to the call and were able to contain the fire.<\/p>\n

A police officer confirmed that a cigarette butt was the culprit. A university employee observed smoke coming from under the tiles and immediately called emergency services at 112. \u201cFortunately we were able to contain the fire. The bitumen under the tiles hadn\u2019t caught fire yet so the flames hadn\u2019t spread very far,\u201d said one of the firemen who responded to the call.<\/p>\n

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Bitumen is used as a roofing material and catches fire quickly. It has been used on campus under the tiles of the terrace in front of the C Building. Last year the roofing material in front of the C Building did catch fire. This fire, also caused by a cigarette butt, was more serious and two hundred people had to be evacuated from the building.<\/a><\/p>\n

Stricter rules<\/h3>

\u201cSince that fire we instituted stricter rules regarding smoking,\u201d said Jelle Jager (56), head of security services, who had rushed to the scene with two security officers and two In-House Emergency Service employees. \u201cPeople are only allowed to smoke at designated smoking areas. We\u2019ve made these smoking zones fire safe by creating sealed- off spaces under the tiles. A fire can spread quickly in areas where the spaces aren\u2019t sealed off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the stricter rules were introduced smoking is no longer permitted at the scene where the fire occurred. Nevertheless, smokers frequently smoke in this area. \u201cThere\u2019s a roof here that keeps the rain out and if it\u2019s windy there\u2019s a column that provides shelter, making it ideal for smokers,\u201d said one of the In-House Emergency Service employees. The hundreds of cigarette butts that appear when the fire service removes the tiles where the fire started offer silent testimony to this fact.<\/p>\n

Jager is unhappy that he wasn\u2019t informed about the fire immediately. Then he would have been on the scene more quickly. \u201cEveryone should know the internal EUR emergency number: 81100. That\u2019s the number you also need to call in an emergency so that we can also lend assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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