Fire in the row house: Seniors save family from burning balcony!

Fire in the row house: Seniors save family from burning balcony!

In the early morning hour of December 29, 2024, the fire brigade in Braunau am Inn was alerted after a 77-year-old smell of smoking from her row house on the first floor. Like Fireworld.at she discovered a fire on her balcony and immediately aroused her relatives-her 53-year-old wife and her 14-year-old son. While the son tried to extinguish the fire with a ceiling and a fire extinguisher, his wife informed the rescue workers by phone. When the police arrived, all four were safe in front of the house, while the fire that was suspected in a flower stick was quickly deleted by the fire brigades Braunau, Haselbach, Ranshofen and Aching.

fire brigade in large -scale use

A considerable use with 82 firefighters and twelve vehicles was necessary to control the fire. As a precaution, the 77-year-old was brought to the Braunau hospital because there was suspicion of possible flue gas poisoning. The cause of the fire has so far been unclear, but the residents reported that the previous day they had difficulties with a chain of lights that they had switched off and brought into the house. The electricity outdoors had also been turned off, reports meinzirk.at .

But that was not the only fire in the city that day. The evening before, around 9:30 p.m., a moped of a 58-year-old was probably badly damaged by a fireworks. When the officials arrived, the moped was already on fire and could only be deleted from the company vehicle with a hand -fire extinguisher. Here, too, the exact amount of damage is still unknown. The brewery city has two fire -related incidents that have given the emergency services with challenges.