Blitz strikes: wooden deposit room in Ternitz is on fire!

Blitz strikes: wooden deposit room in Ternitz is on fire!

In the night of June 27, 2025, a devastating fire broke out in Ternitz, Lower Austria after a flash of lightning was taken into a wooden warehouse. According to [fireworld.at] (https://www.fireworld.at/2025/06/27/noe wagerraum-in-nternitz-nach-blitzschlitz-in-vollbrand/), the fire was reported at 9:10 p.m. The wood storage room, which was grown to a residential building, was already in full fire when the first emergency services arrived. The flames quickly reached onto the facade and the roof structure of the adjacent house.

The fire brigade Ternitz-Plutzmannsdorf, which took over the operations management, set several breathing sponsors and attack pipes to protect the house. Thanks to the rapid intervention, the building could be saved. Subsequent alarmed fire brigades were partially canceled because their intervention was no longer necessary. The controlled deletion of the fire and the securing against embers were using thermal imaging cameras.

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The alarmed fire fighting units included the fire brigades from Ternitz-Plutzmannsdorf, Ternitz-Rohrbach, Gloggnitz-Stuppbach, Grafenbach, as well as the Red Cross and the police. All units worked coordinated to combat the fire. The fire is under control at the current time, but the reversal work is still running. This information was also confirmed by ff-pottschach.at

insights into the effects of lightning strikes

Before this incident, it is important to understand the context of lightning strikes and its consequences. According to a report by tagesschau.de, the highest lightning and surge damage have been registered in Germany in 2024 for two decades. The insurers paid around 350 million euros for this, which illustrates the increasing damage caused by lightning strikes. The damage is often carried out on residential buildings and the technology contained therein.

A total of around 220,000 reports of lightning damage, which corresponds to an event every two and a half minutes. The average costs per flash damage amounted to around 1,600 euros in 2024. This makes it clear that such natural events can have serious economic consequences. The incident in Ternitz illustrates the need to take measures to minimize flash damage and to train and equip the emergency services accordingly.