Drama in Graz: Fire brigade saves woman from a burning apartment!

Drama in Graz: Fire brigade saves woman from a burning apartment!

In the night of February 22, 2025, the Graz professional fire brigade was called to a room fire in a high-rise in Vinzenz Muchitsch Straße in Graz-Gries at 3:04 a.m. An attentive neighbor had noticed the fire and immediately alerted the emergency services. When they arrived, they learned from passers -by that a woman was in the burning apartment and could not escape the flames. With a total of six vehicles and 25 firefighters, the emergency services moved out for fire fighting, as [orf.at] reported.

The firefighters went into the apartment with heavy breathing protection and were able to quickly extinguish the fire before it could spread to other rooms. Meanwhile, they set up a turntable ladder to make contact with the enclosed woman. Fortunately, the fire brigade managed to bring the woman to safety through the staircase and then hand them over to the Red Cross for medical care, as also reported [krone.at]. The damage caused by the fire should amount to several thousand euros. The cause of the fire is currently still being determined.