Heavy thunderstorms demand fire brigade in Freising: Keller under water!

Heavy thunderstorms demand fire brigade in Freising: Keller under water!

On Tuesday night, a violent thunderstorm cell raged above the Freising district, which led to massive floods in several communities. The population and the emergency services met an unprepared, a large amount of precipitation, which brought up to 70 liters per square meter in a short time. The fire brigade had to face intensive challenges and interesting firefighters from the region were in constant use.

The episodes were serious: around 250 firefighters fought against the water masses that flocked through streets and fields and put numerous cellars under water. In some areas, such as Sünzhausen, the meter -high tidal waves were reported that were out of the way that was not anchored. The Situation in other towns, including Massenhausen and Kranzberg, was similarly dark, where the fire brigade also had to prevent the water from causing even more damage.

use of the fire brigades

The effects of nature violence were particularly noticeable in Sünzhausen. Here the water masses not only affected any infrastructure, but also hit the emergency services themselves in their fire station. The Giggenhausen fire station was also flooded, which made the situation even more precarious.

In the village of Kleinisenbach, the fire brigade was forced to carry 100 sandbags in order to maintain an agricultural estate from further water damage. A total of 35 fire brigades from the district were active, supported by 25 members of the Technical Relief Agency (THW) from Freising, which were supported with four vehicles.

In order to optimize the coordinated aid campaign, the fire brigade's district operations center in Freising was occupied. Volunteers coordinated the missions until the early hours of the morning. In Thalhausen and Kirchdorf in particular, the water slump in the basements was a great challenge.

"That was already violent," said district fire inspector Helmut Schmid. Overall, the event was so surprising that there were no special weather warnings. Fortunately, the number of injuries remained low, and Schmid was able to report that no serious financial losses such as oil damage were caused. "The water in the buildings is bad enough," he said, recalling that there was only floods a few months earlier.

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