Shock for a German and his adult son on Sunday afternoon in the Ausserfern in Tyrol: On the way to the Zugspitz valley station in Ehrwald, their car suddenly caught fire. Luckily, the two occupants were able to get to safety in time. This was not the first vehicle fire this weekend in Tyrol.
The father-son team was on the Zugspitzstrasse in Ehrwald shortly before 11:30 a.m. when a fire suddenly broke out in the engine compartment of the car. The flames then spread and within a very short time the car was fully engulfed in flames. “They were unharmed,” as the police described when asked by “Krone”. The alarmed fire brigades from Ehrwald and Lermoos moved in and were finally able to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is currently still unclear and is the subject of further investigations, it said. The car was a total loss. Fires also on the Fernpass and on the Autobahn. Two vehicle fires broke out in Tyrol on Saturday. In the afternoon, a minibus caught fire at the Fern Pass. The German driver (45) was able to get himself, his wife and the two-year-old child to safety before the vehicle caught fire. Luckily the man was unharmed.
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