Hit by a tree
Firefighter injured during storm operation
A firefighter (45) in Mettersdorf am Saßbach (Styria) was seriously injured on Saturday evening when he tried to cut up a tree that had toppled onto a power line.
A severe thunderstorm caused an ash tree to fall onto a power line on Saturday evening - the Rannersdorf and Siebing fire departments were called out at 8.40 pm. A 45-year-old firefighter wanted to cut the tree with a chainsaw, but the device became wedged. The man tried to free the device with a second saw.
At this moment, however, the tree, which was under high tension, shot up. It hit the 45-year-old and injured him.
Comrades came to the rescue
The man's comrades provided first aid and alerted the emergency services. The injured man had to be taken to Graz University Hospital by emergency helicopter C17.
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