Kitchen fires in Innsbruck: residents injured, apartments uninhabitable

Kitchen fires in Innsbruck: residents injured, apartments uninhabitable

On May 19, 2025, two separate kitchen fires occurred in Innsbruck, both of which took place in multi -party houses. The first incident occurred around 6:09 p.m. when a 68-year-old Austrian heated fat in a saucepan. This inflamed itself and quickly spread to the kitchen equipment. This was completely destroyed, while the rest of the apartment was strongly sooty and was initially unusable. The apartment owner tried to extinguish the fire and contracted slight hand injuries. Despite the injury, she was able to stay in outpatient care. The family temporarily quartered with her daughter. The Innsbruck fire department with 5 vehicles and 16 men as well as the Hötting volunteer fire brigade with 5 vehicles and 22 emergency services were involved in the assignment. The Innsbruck rescue was also used with 3 vehicles and 5 men and the police with 4 stripes. The exact amount of damage has so far been unknown, and an cause of the fire has been initiated, reported Fireworld .

The second kitchen fire occurred only a few hours later, at 11:40 p.m., in another apartment on the first floor of a separate apartment building. Here a 61-year-old Austrian was woken up by a smoke detector. She then immediately alerted the emergency services who were quickly on site and delivered the woman to the Innsbruck hospital with suspected flue gas poisoning. The fire in the kitchen was also quickly extinguished under heavy breathing protection. Open light, probably in the form of candles, is suspected as a possible cause of fire. Here, too, the apartment was significantly damaged and is currently uninhabitable. In this commitment, the Innsbruck professional fire brigade was again used with 5 vehicles and 16 men and the Amras volunteer fire brigade. The emergency services were on site with 2 vehicles. In this case, too, the amount of damage was not yet quantified, as MeinDeitziek reported.

causes of fire and security in the home environment

kitchen fires are common and often the result of careless handling of heat sources or open flames. According to a comprehensive analysis of causes of fire in Germany, fires in residential buildings are often caused by improper handling of cooking devices. This illustrates the importance of smoke detectors, which in many cases are crucial in order to draw attention to a fire in good time. Statistics show that regular maintenance and the attachment of smoke detectors can significantly increase security. Information on this can also be found in the comprehensive collection of statistics on fire protection, which on Feuertrutz are provided.

The fire brigade did important work in the operations in Innsbruck to prevent worse things. Despite the destruction, nobody has been seriously injured, which is certainly also thanks to the rapid reaction of the emergency services. The causes of fire are now checked by the investigating authorities to prevent future incidents of this kind.