Dramatic Christmas night in Thernberg: Man saved from flames!

Dramatic Christmas night in Thernberg: Man saved from flames!

Scheiblingkirchen-Thernberg, Österreich - in Scheiblingkirchen-Hänberg, district of Neunkirchen, a dramatic house fire occurred on Christmas Eve. At 10:30 p.m., the fire brigades Thernberg, Scheiblingkirchen and Bromberg were alerted after a man on the upper floor of his house was enclosed by the flames and the dense smoke. While the emergency services were on the move, the homeowner received support from a dispatcher from the area salarient center in Neunkirchen, which calmed him down and initiated the rescue, such as oe24.at reported.

rescue in the last second

The fire brigade arrived quickly and was literally able to save the man from the heavily smoky house at the last second, while he was already complaining about severe shortness of breath. The ambulance service immediately took him over and took him to the hospital with suspicion of flue gas poisoning, as well as meinbezirk.at . Despite the difficult conditions, especially due to the severe power of the interior, a respiratory protection squad managed to locate the fire stove and extinguish the fire. The police initiated the investigation into the cause of the fire.

A total of around 57 fire brigade members were deployed, supported by a emergency team and the police. After about an hour, operations manager Heinrich Haberl reported "fire". In retrospect, the quick and effective intervention of the fire brigade is referred to as a real Christmas miracle, since the homeowner could be saved at the last minute.