Fire brigade in action: dramatic fire in the middle of New Year's Eve!

Fire brigade in action: dramatic fire in the middle of New Year's Eve!

On New Year's Day, the fire brigades in the Murau-Murtal region had their hands full. In St. Georgen am Kreischberg, a devastating fire broke out, in which a "troad box" and a carport were on fire. This was reported by the Kleine Zeitung . Seven voluntary fire departments with a total of 103 emergency services fought the flames after the family alerted the fire brigade with four children. According to fire brokers, the fire was created by a technical defect on a remote -controlled children's toy and quickly caught the roof area of the house, which was an immediate danger situation for the adjacent stable building.

While the fire brigades in St. Georgen am Kreischberg fought intensively with the flames, numerous smaller missions had to be processed in other parts of the region. According to a report by My district were called to several fires, including a embankment burn in Pöls, which is probably caused by a fire station became. The fire brigade also employed a dung bucket and several Thujen fires in Spielberg. Despite the hectic turn of the year, the emergency services were able to quickly control all fires without greater damage to other objects.

High damage and numerous missions

The damage by the fire in St. Georgen is estimated at several hundred thousand euros, while the fire brigades in the other places did not have to complain about any serious consequences. In total, the fire brigades fought with a variety of small fires and most of them could be deleted quickly. The reports show that the workload for the fire brigade was exceptionally high during the turn of the year and that the emergency services were able to act in good time in many cases to prevent worse things.