Tree fall in Heiligkreuzsteinach: Fire brigade operation after storm chaos!

Tree fall in Heiligkreuzsteinach: Fire brigade operation after storm chaos!

A tree fell on a house in Heiligkreuzsteinach-Eiterbach on Thursday. The approximately 20 meter long and 25 centimeter thick tree, an ash tree, was knocked down by a storm and heavy rain. According to reports from rnz.de There was significant damage to the roof of the affected house.

The fire department secured the fallen tree and used ladders to cut it up with a chainsaw. After shredding, the tree trunk was pulled off the roof using a multi-purpose pulley and the ridge of the roof was temporarily covered with a tarpaulin. Around two hours after the start of the operation, the completely soaked firefighters returned to the firehouse.

More fire brigade operations in the region

In addition, the fire department in Schönau went out to Ziegelhäuserstrasse/Schützenhausstrasse and Schriesheimergasse on Monday to roughly clean up and secure an oil slick. A specialist company was commissioned to carry out further cleaning. The fire department in Meckesheim also had an operation on Oberhofstrasse on Monday at 1:30 p.m., where they were supposed to open a door behind which a woman was calling for help. The resident opened the door herself and the fire department looked after her until the emergency services arrived.

How mannheimer-morgen.de reported that the tree fall in Heiligkreuzsteinach was also caused by a previous snowfall, which may have led to further dangers in the region.

– Submitted by West-East media