Fire departments on duty – flames threaten to spread to the house

In Bocksdorf (Burgenland) a farm building burned down completely. A total of seven fire departments with more than 100 men are on duty to prevent the fire from spreading to the neighboring house.

A farm building in Bocksdorf has been fully engulfed in flames for several hours. Around 100 emergency services from seven fire departments, including breathing apparatus wearers, are still busy extinguishing the fire. Difficult extinguishing operation The extinguishing operation is currently proving to be difficult, according to the district fire brigade command. Because the flames threaten to spread to the adjacent residential building. “Attempts are currently being made to bring the whole thing under control,” explained a spokesman for the district fire brigade command. An excavator was called in to dismantle the fire material in the barn and extinguish it
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