The turn of the year on flames: Fire brigade stops Brand to Hecke in Waidhofen!

The turn of the year on flames: Fire brigade stops Brand to Hecke in Waidhofen!

Waidhofen an der Thaya, Österreich - Waidhofen on the Thaya (Lower Austria): On New Year's Eve, the fire brigade was alerted to a burning hedge fire that broke out just a few minutes before the turn of the year. At 11:54 p.m., an attentive neighbor reported flames near the fire station on Mitterweg. Despite the first attempts to extinguish with a garden hose, the fire could not be contained. The emergency services quickly arrived at the scene and immediately used the quick attack facility of the tank fire engine to combat the fire. Due to the intensive flames and the rapid spread, the second quick attack tube was quickly activated to prevent the fire from expanding. The use was successfully completed at 00:35, with a thermal imaging camera checked possible embers, such as fireworld.at reported.

fire in PV battery storage

Also in Waidhofen there was a fire in a residential complex a few days ago, which was caused by a PV battery storage. On Sunday, August 25th, a resident noticed a loud hiss in the basement and discovered flames in the area of ​​the battery memory of her photovoltaic system. She first deleted the little flames with towels before the fire brigade informed. The emergency services quickly moved in with a fire engine and a turntable ladder and carried out a detailed control using a thermal imaging camera. A slight increase in temperature was found in some battery cells. In addition, a damaged memory was discovered that led to the fire. Corresponding security measures, including the deactivation of the main switch, were immediately met, such as Meinbezirk.at