Firemen were called out to deal with an unplanned blaze in an Austrian crematorium at a cemetery in Graz this week. The blaze was caused when a filter overheated and was difficult to bring under control because of the thick isolation around the filter. The filter was fixed to one of the ovens used to […]
A chemical blaze took hold in the Technical University in Graz, Austria yesterday (Tues), causing almost 80,000 Euros worth of damage. According to the fire department, the metal initially set alight could be extinguished with water. The emergency services were automatically alerted to the fire in the “New Chemistry” building at the university on Tuesday […]
Fire fighters had to rush to a blaze at the very moment a bridal couple walked through the guard of honour they had formed.The firemen formed a cordon outside the church in Pettenfirst, Upper Austria, for bride and groom – who is a colleague when the siren went off on Saturday.The motorised department of […]
Several residents of an apartment complex had to be treated for smoke poisoning after a blaze broke out on the building’s ground floor yesterday afternoon (Weds).The fire raged through a laundry shop in Vienna-Margareten. It is unclear what triggered the flames which subsequently filled the hallway of the whole building with smoke. Ten residents of […]
A paralysed man perished when a fire ripped through an apartment in Graz yesterday evening (Weds).Paramedics failed to resuscitate the 52-year-old man after firemen entered the burning flat in the Styrian city. A female neighbour and the wheelchair-bound mans sister had to be hospitalised suffering from serious smoke intoxication. The women had tried to extinguish […]
A woman suffered serious burns when a pan of boiling oil caught fire yesterday (Mon).The 22-year-old wanted to prepare schnitzels for herself and a male friend, 22, at his apartment in Villach, Carinthia. She sustained burns on both her hands and face when she threw the burning pan on the balcony. The woman is recovering […]
An overheated DVD player caught fire in a hotel room last night (Sun).The manager of the resort in Kirchberg near Kitzbühel in Tyrol suffered minor injuries when he threw burning mattresses from the balcony. A neighbour had informed him about the smoke coming out of a window.Fire-fighters found out that an overheated DVD player started […]
More than 200 tourists had to be evacuated from a hotel in Vienna city centre when a fire broke out in an adjacent restaurant on Saturday morning.No one was seriously injured in the incident, but an elderly couple from Germany were hospitalised over possible smoke poisoning.Fire-fighters decided to evacuate the 217 sleeping guests and staff […]
Around 20,000 Euros of damages were caused at a bank branch in Gödersdorf, Carinthia, when an Advent wreath caught fire at the weekend.Staff forgot to turn off the plastic wreaths electric candles when going home on Friday evening. A patrolling policeman noticed the smoke coming out of the building the next day. He called the […]
Two teenagers have been accused of setting dozens of hay bales on fire yesterday (Thurs).Officials in Prinzersdorf in the province of Lower Austria said today no one was injured when the 70-odd bales of hay burnt away on a pasture outside the town.Around 40 fire-fighters were kept busy for hours putting out the blaze, they […]