Drama in the mountains: fire brigade with cable car for fire in the Alpengasthaus!

Drama in the mountains: fire brigade with cable car for fire in the Alpengasthaus!

On the evening of February 15, 2025, a fire broke out at around 11:15 p.m. in the sales booth of the "Alpengasthaus Muttersberg" in Nüziders. According to reports from fireworld.at , the fire alarm system triggered alarming when the rescue workers had to be brought to the scene due to the snow -covered access road to the sun terrace at a height of 1,401 meters. The sales booth was completely smoky when the fire brigade arrived.

The fire brigade of the Nüziders fire brigade, supported by the Federal Police Bludenz, were able to quickly control a small fire inside the stand and extinguish the flames. It turned out that a rodent had nibbled an electrical cable, which led to a short circuit and the subsequent fire. Fortunately, there were no people nearby at the time of the incident, so that only a low property damage at the sales stand arose, as vorarlberg.orf reported.

The fire brigade was on site with five vehicles and a total of 35 emergency services to fight the fire quickly and efficiently. Thanks to fast action, a larger catastrophe could be prevented. The incident illustrates the challenges that the emergency services must manage in deployment in high and difficult to access areas.