Janitor after fire

“We won’t survive it next time”

The shock is still deep-seated. Not much is left of the fourth floor of the apartment building at Anton-Hesch-Gasse 4 in Vöcklabruck. Janitor Josef Breitenfellner spoke to the "Krone" newspaper about the terrible hours.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Dostal Harald )

A local inspection by the "Krone" shows the extent of the fire in a residential building in Vöcklabruck. 130 firefighters were able to prevent worse, but eleven people had to go to hospital with smoke inhalation. Why the janitor is harshly critical and who he holds responsible for the incident.

Josef Breitenfellner has been the janitor at Anton-Hesch-Gasse 4 in Vöcklabruck for two years. He lives on the second floor and was lucky during the fire on Sunday night. "It was a disaster. I was alerted by a woman kneeling on the sidewalk, screaming and praying and pointing upwards. At first I thought it was a suicide, that someone had jumped out of the window, but then I saw that there was fire everywhere. Her children and husband were still in the house and the young woman was completely hysterical," says Breitenfellner, describing the dramatic moments.