Milking robot saves farm from major fire in St. Georgen am Walde!

Milking robot saves farm from major fire in St. Georgen am Walde!

On Friday night there was a devastating fire on a farm in St. Georgen am Walde, Perg district. A milking robot alerted the farmer after a power outage occurred. When the farmer checked, he found his stable already in flames. Firefighters were able to rescue 110 animals, including cows and calves, but unfortunately at least 40 of the 150 animals in the stable died due to the rapid fire, which was caused by a technical defect in a heat lamp, police reported.

A total of 13 fire departments with around 190 emergency services were on site in alert mode when the fire was reported at 11:03 p.m. Although the glow of the fire was visible from a great distance, the water supply initially posed a significant challenge. Operations manager Peter Spiegl explained that they initially only had to rely on the tankers. But with three feeder pipes, enough water was finally able to be delivered to the site. Despite the intensive efforts of the fire brigade, they managed to prevent the flames from spreading to the adjacent residential area and everyone remained uninjured. However, the 140 cattle in the stable were in acute danger, which led to a dramatic rescue operation in which numerous respiratory protection teams had to fight the flames to save the animals, as well as the Upper Austrian news reported.

While the extinguishing work continues, two fire departments are still on duty. Fortunately, the affected family were able to escape to safety and the focus is now on the aftermath and pinpointing the causes of the fire, while emergency services are praised for their rapid response. Loud Small newspaper The fire water supply was finally resolved efficiently through well-coordinated measures, which helped to prevent the worst.