Infernalized shopping carts: Flames over Schwaz cause excitement!

Infernalized shopping carts: Flames over Schwaz cause excitement!

Schwaz, Österreich - in Tyrol there was a spectacular fire on a garbage island, which luckily nobody was injured. A shopping car parking space with around 30 cars, which bordered directly on the garbage island, was covered by the flames. The fire brigade quickly suffered and quickly brought the fire under control, as the police reported. The exact cause of the fire is still unclear and investigations are currently underway. Around 30 firefighters from Schwaz were used with five vehicles to cope with the situation.

The history of the shopping cart

This tragic episode throws a light on the history of the shopping cart, which acts as an indispensable tool in supermarkets. In Germany, the image of shopping carts that linger in the streets or in parking spaces is anything but rare. The first shopping cart was introduced by Sylvan Goldman in the United States in 1937 to make it easier for customers to choose food. The modern variants are often equipped with special security systems to reduce the theft rate; Around 100,000 shopping carts are stolen every year, which leads to considerable losses for the retail chains.

Due to the problems associated with abandoned shopping cart, many supermarkets implement special security systems. Modern technologies prevent shopping carts from leaving the market of the market without payment. This shows how important the shopping cart has become not only for the convenience of customers, but also for the economic security of the business, as is known that more shopping carts are stolen in Vienna than in comparable German cities.

More backgrounds on the causes and the history of the shopping cart can be found on wikipedia and details about the fire on vienna.at .