Truck accident in Hargelsberg: Fire brigade fights against oil-leak!

Truck accident in Hargelsberg: Fire brigade fights against oil-leak!

Kobenz, Österreich - On August 31, the municipality of Kobenz experienced a dramatic truck accident when the driver came off the road with a trailer. The tire of the trailer sank in the wet soil and threatened to tip over. The Kobenz volunteer fire brigade was alerted at 5:38 p.m. and immediately secured the scene of the accident while a detour was set up. According to reports from the Kobenz fire brigade, it was a demanding situation, but the trailer could be stabilized so that it did not get any further. The rescue work, in which the comrades from Kobenz supported a mountain company, were completed at around 8:15 p.m.

oil leak at Harlgelsberg

Another use scenario took place shortly afterwards at Hargelsberg when a transporter trailer lay across the road and expired oil. Firefighter Andreas Brunner reported that the fire brigade immediately put on hand to pump out the oil that was seeping both onto the street and the ground. The firefighters had to work extremely carefully in this assignment because the expired oil is flammable. "Of course that was dangerous for us. We built fire protection with foam and water," said Brunner. Fortunately, the truck driver was not injured. The cleanup dragged on until the afternoon, while around 50 firefighters from Hargelsberg, Hofkirchen, Kronstorf and Steyr were in action to remove the source of danger, such as .

The missions in Kobenz and Hargelsberg illustrate the challenges with which firefighters are faced with if they have to intervene in such critical anomalies. Details on the rescue work in Kobenz were also provided by the Kobenz . These events underline the importance of immediate intervention and the careful handling of hazardous substances in road traffic.