Fire in warehouse – straw bales caught fire: Over 30 men on duty

The emergency services had to go out in the early hours of the morning to fight a straw fire in an open-air warehouse in Markt Allhau. The extinguishing measures posed a major challenge.

It is still unclear why the fire broke out in the company’s outdoor storage area. The Markt Allhau and Buchschachen fire departments were alerted on Sunday morning because straw bales had started to burn. Targeted extinguishing Thanks to a comprehensive extinguishing attack, the fire was fortunately prevented from spreading to the surrounding straw. The bales were brought to a meadow using a wheel loader and distributed to make the extinguishing work easier for the Florianis. With the help of thermal imaging cameras, embers were discovered and extinguished. More than 30 Florianis were deployed. The work continued until the afternoon. A total of more than 30 men with a total of seven vehicles as well as the police and a Burgenland Energie vehicle were on duty.
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