Acrid smoke
Seven-meter pile of bulky waste caught fire
Massive smoke development on Thursday night in Einsiedl in the market town of Sieghartskirchen in Lower Austria: a pile of bulky waste accumulated after the recent flood disaster caught fire. The garbage, stacked up to a height of seven meters, was ablaze and even the AT-Alert population warning system was triggered.
There was massive smoke development and AT-Alert was triggered for the population to close the windows, confirmed Klaus Stebal from the Lower Austria State Fire Brigade Command in a report by ORF-Landesstudio.
Operation under heavy breathing protection
According to Stebal, 15 fire departments with 110 helpers were deployed. The spokesman reported on an operation involving heavy breathing protection. The cause of the fire was not yet known.
Bulky waste on an area of 3000 square meters
The fire departments were alerted at around 1.45 am, reported the Tulln district command. According to this information, the bulky waste was stored on an area of around 3000 square meters on a company site. The pile was six to seven meters high. The helpers also used an excavator and a wheel loader to clear the garbage and then extinguish it.
The district command pointed out that the firefighters had been working continuously since the flood. Shift changes were therefore necessary. In addition, helpers had to go to work in the morning.
Post-extinguishing work was still underway in the morning.
This article has been automatically translated,
read the original article here.
Da dieser Artikel älter als 18 Monate ist, ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt kein Kommentieren mehr möglich.
Wir laden Sie ein, bei einer aktuelleren themenrelevanten Story mitzudiskutieren: Themenübersicht.
Bei Fragen können Sie sich gern an das Community-Team per Mail an forum@krone.at wenden.