Fire in Windmühlgasse: Nine residents saved and fire deleted

Fire in Windmühlgasse: Nine residents saved and fire deleted

Early in the morning on Monday, a fire broke out in a multi-storey old building in Windmühlgasse, in the Vienna-Mariahilf district. What initially looked like a small fire quickly developed into a serious effort for the fire brigade.

The Viennese professional fire brigade received an emergency call and quickly arrived at the site. There are already thick, black smoke from the light shafts. Some residents had desperately made themselves noticeable on the windows. As a result, a deletion was built up immediately, and a small fire on the first floor was deleted under respiratory protection. In this critical situation, nine people and a dog were saved out of the building with the help of a turntable ladder.

alarm level 3 proclaimed

While the firefighters searched the winding old building building, they discovered access to a business premises on the ground floor. Here a heavily heated fire door and soot -blackened windows was found, which alarmed the fire brigade and then increased the alarm level at level 3. This means that it is a major fire that requires additional resources.

The fire fighting was challenging, especially because of the complicated construction. The emergency services had to put the flames over several staircases, through the courtyard and from the outside at the same time with three extinguishing lines. Ultimately, the fire brigade was able to reach all embers and delete the fire.

After thorough ventilation of the staircases and the business premises with high -performance fans, the rescued house residents were allowed to go back to their apartments. The investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing, but the quick and competent use of the fire brigade was able to prevent worse things. For more information about this incident, a report on www.oe24.at to be found.