Great fire in Hochburg-Ach: 170 firefighters in action!

Great fire in Hochburg-Ach: 170 firefighters in action!

Hochburg-Ach, Österreich - In Hochburg-Ach, a dramatic fire on a farm has mobilized numerous emergency services. At 3:35 p.m., the alarming message was received by the state fire brigade command in Upper Austria. A little later, meters -high flames rose from a machine hall in which agricultural equipment, vehicles and hay bales were housed. According to the report of Orf , a total of ten fire brigades were deployed until after midnight, supported by more than 170 firefighters to control the fire. Fortunately, the family and the cows living on the farm could be brought to safety in good time, and there were no injured people.

massive inserts and high alarm level

When the first firefighters arrived, the hall was already in full fire. The city fire brigade had to trigger alarm level three and resorted to respiratory protection devices and a turntable ladder to combat the fire that caused massive smoke development. Thanks to its rapid intervention, worse things could be prevented because the fire did not spread to adjacent buildings, including a residential building. Nevertheless, a large part of the hall fell victim to the flames, which leaves clear damage to property, as Nachrichten.at

In the evening the fire was under control, but the reversal work went late into the night. The detachment of the burning mulinery in particular turned out to be lengthy and complicated. Nothing is currently known about the exact cause of the fire, but this is examined by experts. The extent of the damage could be significant, and the emergency services did not return to their wards at around 7 p.m.