Fire in Parndorf: Lightning -fast rescue with smoke and danger!

Fire in Parndorf: Lightning -fast rescue with smoke and danger!

On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, there was a dramatic incident in Gefrees: a building collapsed, which immediately mobilized a large emergency of fire brigade, THW and the police. At around 10:45 a.m., numerous emergency services were alerted to the accident site. The uninhabited building caused immediate concern, since it could not be excluded that people were in the building when the tragic events arrived. In order to clarify this, three debris dogs were used after securing the building to look for possible victims, but fortunately without success, as the Kreisbrand inspection Bayreuth reported.

coordinated rescue measures

The fire brigade Gefrees worked hand in hand with two THW specialist advisors from Kulmbach and the fire brigade executives from the Bayreuth district in order to secure the partially collapsed building. Despite the dramatic incident, neighboring buildings remained intact by the security measures, and there was no personal injury. Around 30 firefighters were on duty until 4 p.m. to control the situation and to banish the dangers.

In another current incident, a fire was reported in a residential building near Parndorf. The fire brigade reacted quickly: Within only seven minutes, the fire could be localized and deleted in the heavily smoky basement, as reported ORF Burgenland . Fortunately, there were no people in the building, but a person was provided by the emergency services with mild flue gas poisoning. Here, too, the fire brigades from Parndorf, Neudorf and Neusiedl am See were over 40 members to combat the fire and carry out the ventilation measures. The operation could also be ended before 4 p.m.