Overview

• Camp supervisors alerted Feuerwehr Hückelhoven after initial circulatory complaints grew from a few cases to dozens of affected children.
• Under the declared "Massenanfall von Verletzten", Rettungsdienst personnel screened 63 children and adolescents for dehydration symptoms.
• Fourteen dehydrated children were relocated to a nearby community hall for cooling and fluid therapy, where a Notarzt decided they could not return to the camp.
• A further patient with borderline vital signs was transferred to a children’s clinic and remains under observation.
• Officials cautioned that rapid fluid loss during temperatures around 35 °C poses high risks for children and urged increased hydration and shade breaks.