Car fire in Telfs: 100 people evacuated - technical defect suspected!

On Friday afternoon, the residents of Telfs experienced a dramatic incident when a car burst into flames in the garage of an apartment building. The fire department had to evacuate around 100 people around 5 p.m. as the thick smoke quickly spread through the building. The reports from Today.at According to the report, the emergency services managed to quickly extinguish the fire using heavy respiratory protection. Fortunately, there were no injuries and residents were able to return to their apartments after the house was ventilated. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but investigators believe it was due to a technical defect.

Just a short time later, another vehicle fire occurred in Kematen. Loud oe24.at A fire broke out in the engine compartment of a car around 6 p.m. The 49-year-old Hungarian driver tried in vain to put out the fire with a hand-held fire extinguisher. When the fire brigade arrived, the vehicle was already fully engulfed in flames. While the fire was being extinguished, the L13 was closed in both directions as well as the exit from the A12 to the L13. There were no personal injuries in this incident either.