70 emergency services

Lightning strikes building: Fire alarm

Night-time operation for the Drautal fire department. Lightning struck a building and started to burn. 

The sirens blared in the Drau Valley at around 1 am. The fire departments of Oberdrauburg, Simmerlach, Irschen, Rittersdorf and Dellach/Drau were alerted to a building fire. On arrival at the scene, the outbuilding in the municipality of Irschen was already on fire. A lightning strike had started the fire. Among other things, firewood had been stored in the building.

However, the 70 emergency crews were able to prevent worse thanks to their rapid intervention. "The fire was extinguished quickly," they say.