Fire after practice: Enigmatic fire in Langegg shakes community!

Fire after practice: Enigmatic fire in Langegg shakes community!

In the early morning hours of February 16, 2025, a devastating fire broke out in a residential building in Langegg, which had been used in an extensive fire brigade exercise just before. Already the day before, 16 fire brigades had lit a fire to creating realistic conditions. But the fire raged just a few hours after the exercise, and eleven fire departments were alerted to fight the fire. Although the extinguishing work was made more difficult by the clinking cold and the risk of freezing the fire -fighting water, a spread to an adjacent building could be successfully prevented, as the district fire brigade commander Harald Hofbauer explained, who also compared the site with an ice skating place - "again and again frozen the extinguishing water in the hoses".

the cause of the fire unclear

After the dramatic alarm at 04:00 a.m., a massive extinguishing attack started immediately. The structure of the building was badly damaged, which made the reversal work complex. The fire brigade used thermal imaging cameras and carried out several checks to find hidden embers. The demolition of the building planned for Monday, which had been bought by the municipality of Schrems last year, had to be postponed due to the investigation into the cause of the fire. Dominik Krenn, press spokesman for the district fire brigade command, confirmed that all directions are initially considered when determining. Also fire foundation could not be excluded because the building is easily accessible. Vice Mayor Michael Preissl underlined that no people were harmed and was relieved by the rapid measures of the emergency services.