Fire risk for Christmas: lawnmowers sets up residential complex!

Fire risk for Christmas: lawnmowers sets up residential complex!

Hötting, Innsbruck, Österreich - on December 24, 2024, around 2:40 p.m., a fire broke out in the Hötting district of Innsbruck. First, a petrol lawn mower ignited the outside of a residential complex. According to initial investigations, hot ashes, which was parked next to the lawn mower, could have triggered the fire. The flames quickly spread to a stack of wood stacked nearby, which was a potential danger for the residents. However, the residents of the apartment reacted quickly and were initially able to control the fire themselves, as both the orf tirol href = "https://news.feed-reader.net/otsat/438412/polizei-tirol-branderignis-in/"> police tirol reported.

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The Innsbruck professional fire brigade took over the final extinguishing work and used a thermal imaging camera to check. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident, the property damage is estimated at over 1,000 euros. This event occurred in the middle of a series of fire events in Tyrol, in which a residential building recently became completely a room in Kappl and the family living there lost almost all of her belongings. In view of the recent incidents, state fire brigade inspector Rene Staudacher warned of the dangers of fire sources, especially in the Christmas season. He recommended the use of LED lights instead of candles to significantly minimize the fire risk.