Matrei fire brigade: dramatic fires deleted within a few hours!

Matrei fire brigade: dramatic fires deleted within a few hours!

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, there was a serious meadow fire in the Kaltenhaus district in Matrei. The Matrei fire brigade was alerted around noon after, due to unknown cause, compiled branch and clippings had inflamed. The flames spread over an area of ​​about a hectare. Thanks to the committed deployment of several firefighters, further spreading of the fire was successfully stopped. After the extinguishing measures, the fire site was monitored with a thermal imaging camera to identify and eliminate any embers, such as dolomitenstadt.at reported.

fire on the motorway

a short time later, around 10:30 p.m., the fire brigade was challenged again when a trash can in the parking lot of the IDM parking lot. This small fire could be deleted quickly and easily, so that no further measures were required. In addition, a tractor -trailer on the Brenner motorway near Matrei caught fire. The 53-year-old driver noticed smoke during the journey and kept the vehicle safely on the breakdown strip. Here he separated the saddle trailer from the towing vehicle. The voluntary fire brigades Matrei Abr. and Steinach Abr. were quickly on site and deleted the fire that was created in the area of ​​the saddle plate. As Meinzirk.at , the exact cause of the fire has so far been unknown.