Emergency services were called on Saturday around 10.37 a.m. to a smoldering fire in the forest above the quarry at Großer Pölven, Bad Häring. Fortunately, according to the police, the fire was still small. It may have been triggered by a lightning strike. 15 firefighters were deployed.
Lightning triggered a smoldering fire in a forest on the Großer Pölven (1,595 meters) in the municipality of Bad Häring (district of Kufstein). The fire was in its infancy when it was discovered by a forest warden shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. as the police informed. 15 men from the volunteer fire brigade climbed to the source of the fire above a quarry, and the flames were extinguished around 1:30 p.m.
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