Fall from bridge

Fire department rescues horse from a stream

The fire department used a crane to lift the horse out of the stream.(Bild: FF Ramingstein)

Major animal rescue operation for the fire department in Lungau on Saturday afternoon! After a horse fell into a stream, the large mount was rescued from the water by the fire department.

On Saturday afternoon, the fire department in Ramingstein was alerted because a horse had fallen off a bridge into a stream below. The four-legged friend was unable to free itself from its predicament.

In order to save the horse, it was lifted out of the water with a crane from the heavy rescue vehicle and carefully placed in an adjacent meadow. The vet and the owners then took care of the injured animal.