Roofing fire in Wiener Neustadt: Fire brigade fights against the flames!

Roofing fire in Wiener Neustadt: Fire brigade fights against the flames!

On Sunday evening, October 6, 2024, the fire brigade in Wiener Neustadt was alerted shortly before 10:30 p.m. via a roof truss fire in Formergasse. The district alarm and warning center received the emergency call and immediately informed the fire brigade, which was then quickly prepared for the operation.

When the emergency services of the Vienna Neustadt volunteer fire brigade arrived at the scene, dense clouds of smoke already beat out of a roof window. Fire director Christian Pfeiffer, the head of operations, decided that two respiratory protection teams had to penetrate into the upper floor with one deletion. "Due to the lack of installation areas for our lifting devices, an advancement about the staircase was necessary," said Pfeiffer.

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The fire had already spread over the ceiling into an apartment underneath, which made the situation even more complicated. "The fire was in the ceiling and in the walls. We had to extinguish the flames from the inside, which was very exhausting from the inside," continued Pfeiffer. In order to be able to fight the fire effectively, it was necessary to open the affected ceiling area manually to reach the fire directly.

The affected apartment was freed and ventilated by fire residues. At 00:20 a.m., the firefighters were finally able to report "fire". While the affected apartments in the area of the fire area were controlled and found to be habitable, the fire apartment on the top floor was unfortunately no longer habitable because it was badly damaged. The local police then took over the fire causes of fire.

The fire brigade's volunteers were only able to move in again at 01:20. But the night remained short for the firefighters, because at 6:37 a.m. the alarm sounded again: this time a truck hill was reported in Sollenau. This tireless operational and professionalism of the firefighters underlines their important role in fire and disaster protection in the region.

Further information, including details on the course of the operation and the event of the cause, can be found in a detailed report on www.meinbezirk.at .