Feuerinferno in Weingarten: 130 firefighters in action!

Feuerinferno in Weingarten: 130 firefighters in action!

On Monday, December 3, 2024, a major fire broke out in Weingarten around 1:30 p.m. An outbuilding of a single -family house that was used as a workshop lit and quickly reached to the hedge and finally to adjacent houses. The fire brigade started with numerous emergency services, a total of up to 130 firefighters were deployed, including three turntable ladders from different cities. Thanks to the quick intervention, the flames could be prevented to spread to the main residential building, while the residents were not at home and no injuries were reported, as orf.at reported.

A similar incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Scherzachstrasse in Weingarten, where a fire broke out on the ground floor of a residential building. The alarm sounded at 2:41 p.m., and two houses were initially affected, which are uninhabitable due to the massive smoke development and fire. More than 100 emergency services fought the flames, while the smoke development was even visible from the outskirts of Ravensburg. The technical relief organization also provided a drone for the location of the situation. Laut schwaebische.de betruhen die geschätzten Schäden der beiden Brände zwischen 1 und 1,5 Millionen Euro, und die Polizei has started with the investigation into the cause of the fire.

In the first fire, the house residents had to be looked after by the crisis intervention team when they arrived. In the second incident, seven people were slightly injured, including a severely disabled person who was brought to safety. The German Red Cross took care of the injured residents, while Scherzachstrasse and the adjacent streets were closed during the extinguishing work. Both missions illustrate the intensity and the Ernst such fire events in residential areas.