Great fire in Mitterkirchen: beehives in flames!

Great fire in Mitterkirchen: beehives in flames!

Mitterkirchen, Österreich - On April 16, 2025, a devastating fire occurred in Mitterkirchen in the Steyr-Land district, which was triggered by a 22-year-old flaming at a wooden hut. About three hours after the start of the work, a swell fire developed on the roof cliffening wood of the hut, which finally led to a full fire. This burning wooden hut not only went up in flames, but at the same time three beehives burned completely that were in the hut.

The fire brigade received the first indications of the fire when the Hütting fire department discovered the flames and immediately raised the alarm. In the shortest possible time, three fire brigades came, which were able to quickly control and extinguish the fire. In view of the dangers that arise from such fires, the damage in the forest within a radius of around 30 meters, where many trees have been coal, are particularly worrying.

causes and fire risk

according to reports from 5min and Fireworld is most likely to be attributed to the threshold fire on the roof tie-up. Such incidents underline the need to take preventive measures to avoid fires, especially in forest areas. Experts therefore recommend making suitable forest fire prevention strategies visible.

In this context, agricultural research offers valuable approaches to forest fire prevention. A current guide entitled "Resilience through forest fire prevention in forestry management", published by the Waldbrand-Klima-Resilience project = "https://www.fnr.de/presse/forschung-live/projektnews/praxentfaden-zur-waldbrandpraeVERVISE"> FNR ) Forest owners and managers can grab the probability and severity of forest fires.

recommendations from the guide

• Management of vegetation and fire load
• Creating fire protection strips and bars
• forward -looking planning of fire fighting
• Consciousness formation for forest visitors

The 50 -page guide is available for download free of charge for those interested and supports forest practitioners in creating fire -retardant structures and drawing public attention to the subjects of forest fire. Comprehensive access to this important information could not only prevent future fires, but also secure the protection of nature and associated values.