Waldbrand in Hohenems: Fast reaction from the fire brigade saves the region!

Waldbrand in Hohenems: Fast reaction from the fire brigade saves the region!

Hohenems, Österreich - A big fire on Friday evening in Vorarlberg, the Hohenems fire department made the highest willingness to alert. The fire was left unattended at an illegal barbecue area, where the inflammation of fire is prohibited and quickly spread. Thanks to attentive passers -by from the areas and Dornbirn, who alerted the regional fire brigade control center, the fire brigade could be quickly on site. When she arrived, the barbecue area was still warm, while the flames had already spread over around 100 meters into the adjacent forest, as Vol.at reported.

intensive extinguishing work under difficult conditions

The extinguishing troops were faced with difficult conditions during use. Due to the strong hair dryer and the drought, the fire spread quickly. Firefighters had to be hurriedly roped below a rock edge to eliminate the dangerous embers. Supported by a drone of the Dornbirn fire brigade, which was equipped with a thermal imaging camera, the emergency services managed to control the fire. The fire engines were only able to drive up to about 300 meters to the fire site, which is why a lengthy water transport via hose lines was required to bring a total of around 60,000 liters of water from the pond Emsreute and the urban high tank Schuttannen, so Schwäbische .

After hours of intensive extinguishing work, the fire could be completely deleted around 1:00 a.m. Since there is a risk of a rebuild by the continued hair dryer, the fire brigade will be on site again in the morning. The cooperation of all the fire departments involved was highlighted by the Hohenems fire brigade as smoothly, which contributed to preventing an even greater disaster.