137 people evacuated

Pupil (17) triggered fire alarm with a joint

At around 11pm on Monday evening, 137 pupils had to be evacuated from a school dormitory in Saalfelden due to a fire alarm. The incident was triggered by a 17-year-old from Pinzgau.

When the fire department and the police arrived at the boarding school, the officers detected the smell of cannabis. As it turned out, a 17-year-old had lit a joint in his room and thus triggered the fire alarm.

The Pinzgauer will be charged. The volunteer fire department was deployed with 22 men and four vehicles. No one was injured.