Hot coals to blame
Tenants fled from fire in apartment building
Shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday evening, seven fire departments were alerted to a cellar fire in an apartment building in Altheim in Upper Austria. 30 tenants were able to leave the heavily smoke-filled building in time, three were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The sirens went off in Altheim at 7.45 pm. A fire had broken out in the basement of an apartment building and thick smoke was spreading through the entire building via the stairwell. The cause of the fire is said to have been hot coals that had been deposited in the cellar after a barbecue.
Residents escaped outside
Fortunately, all 30 residents were able to leave the house in time, but three were taken to hospital by the emergency services with suspected smoke inhalation.
Seven fire departments were deployed with breathing apparatus teams. The last fire brigade was not able to return until around midnight.
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