Removed with a grapple hoist

300 kilogram boulder falls onto roof

The boulder was difficult to remove.(Bild: Feuerwehr Bezirk Lungau)

Five men and a vehicle with a grapple hoist had to be deployed to a special operation in Thomatal in Lungau on Friday morning: a falling boulder had severely damaged a house wall and a roof. Thankfully, no one was injured. 

The Thomatal fire department had to be called out in the early hours of Friday morning. The technical rescue team of the volunteer Floriani was in particular demand. A boulder weighing around 300 kilograms came loose above a house and fell onto the building. 

Both the house wall and the roof were damaged. The Thomatal fire department removed the boulder using a grapple hoist. The damaged house wall and roof were then provisionally sealed to prevent further damage.