Gas bottle on fire
On the way to Whitsun vacation: Caravan in flames!
Shock for a German family on vacation Thursday morning in the Tyrolean Außerfern: While driving to their Whitsun vacation, their caravan suddenly burst into flames on the Fernpass road (B179). Truck drivers came to the Germans' aid with fire extinguishers. Fortunately, no one was injured.
The Germans were driving on the B179 towards Reutte early on Thursday morning. Shortly before the Reutte-Nord exit, the 55-year-old driver glanced in the rear-view mirror and noticed that fire had broken out in the area of the rear right tire of the caravan trailer.
No chance of extinguishing the fire
"The driver stopped immediately, detached the trailer from the car and initially tried to extinguish the fire with his own fire extinguisher," reported the police. Several truck drivers also rushed to the scene with their fire extinguishers. However, the fire could not be brought under control, let alone extinguished. The caravan was in flames in no time at all.
The 55-year-old then quickly removed a gas cylinder from the trailer and finally fled to safety with his three passengers.
Almost 40 firefighters arrived
The Vils and Musau fire departments arrived with seven vehicles and almost 40 members. Even they were unable to prevent the caravan from burning down completely. Fortunately, no one was injured.
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