Dramatic kitchen fire in Graz: Fire brigade saves older ladies with aerial ladder!

Dramatic kitchen fire in Graz: Fire brigade saves older ladies with aerial ladder!

On May 26, 2025, the Graz professional fire brigade alerted at 7:31 a.m. due to a room fire on the first floor of a building on Lendkai, opposite the Kunsthaus in Graz. The fire was limited to the kitchen, which was completely smoky. Emergency services moved out with 5 vehicles and 23 men to control the Situation. The staircase and the apartment were extracted after extinguishing, while the fire brigade saved an older lady with the help of a turntable ladder from the heavily smoky room

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The woman was looked after until the emergency services arrived. Police investigations into the cause of the fire are in progress, and other emergency services such as the police and the Austrian Red Cross (ÖRK) are consulted to ensure that the lady is medical supplied

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Another incident in Graz occurred on the same day at 3:04 a.m. The professional fire brigade was alerted in a high -rise building in the Vinzenz Muchitsch Straße due to a room fire. A neighbor noticed the fire and informed the emergency services. The resident of the fire apartment was injured and could not save himself from the apartment

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When the fire brigade arrived, passers -by became aware of the person enclosed, which immediately started the fire brigade with the fire fighting and the rescue. The forces used, a total of 6 vehicles and 25 firefighters, prevented a further fire spread and kept the stairwell through a fire protection equipment and high -performance fan smoke -free

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The woman could be saved over the stairwell and the toxic fire smoke was successfully removed from the apartment. The damage caused by the fire is estimated at several thousand euros, the cause of the fire is also the focus of police investigations.

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Therefore, the clarification of fire protection and the provision of corresponding measures remains of the utmost importance to ensure the security of the population.