Waldbrand in the Rax area: Fire brigade fights against uncontrollable flames!

Waldbrand in the Rax area: Fire brigade fights against uncontrollable flames!

A devastating forest fire in the Rax area led to a massive use of the fire brigade on Saturday morning. The fire probably broke out at around 10 a.m. after a car had caught fire, as 5min.at . Strong wind helped to quickly skip the flames to an adjacent forest area, which made the extinguishing work significantly more difficult. With almost 215 emergency services from 14 fire brigades and additional support staff from the disaster relief service, a comprehensive control of the fire was organized, while the high density of föhren in steep terrain complicated.

large -scale operation of the fire brigade and air support

The fire department spokeswital Klaus Stebal stated that around 100 members were already in action in the early afternoon, supported by two trains from the disaster relief service with 120 people and the flight service with 50 forces in addition to two fire -fighting helicopters. State Councilor Stephan Pernkopf said that further fire-fighting helicopters were requested, which increased the number to five, such as SN.AT . Although intensive combat measures are undertaken, according to Stebal, there is still no forecast when the fire will be under control. He estimated that the emergency services remain on alert by Sunday.

Memories of past fires became awake, because in this region a similar serious incident had already made day -long extinguishing work in 2021, in which almost 9,000 helpers were used. The use of extinguishing helicopters and disaster aid services was also necessary in other parts of Austria, since fires also raged in South Tyrol and Mühlviertel. Hectares of land were devastated there and there were reports on evacuations.