Flipping the bird was given a new meaning in Austria this week when a truck filled with plucked turkeys overturned, closing a busy motorway in the process. The accident happened on the main Austrian motorway – the A1 – that runs from the city of Salzburg to the capital Vienna and happened close to the […]
Geologist and engineers have been in action in Upper-Austria this morning (Tuesday) after the floods caused the first damages to the Danube-bridge on Monday. Experts are working tirelessly to secure the site and thousands of sand bags have been placed as a protective measure. However, the regional fire brigade commandant Wolfgang Kronsteiner said the Danube […]
The Bohemian Prater in Vienna Favoriten will turn into a medieval village, once again. Visitors will be able to experience dances of witches, show fights, fire breathers and a torture show. The Medieval Festival will take place for the ninth time this year. The organiser Kurt Pernica of the cultural association “Tivoli Wien” said that […]
The so-called “emergency lane” on motorways has been hotly debated recently after serious car accidents have happened in the past days in Lower Austria and Styria. Drivers often do not form corridors so that emergency services can pass. The problem can also be observed on motorways in Salzburg. If there is a traffic jam, some […]
Torrential rain has caused extensive damage in parts of the country with the regions of Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Salzburg reportedly the most seriously affected. Over the weekend many communities were still clearing up the wreckage caused after large volumes of water wash through streets and gardens. Local fire services tackled much of the […]
A trainee firemen, 16, has admitted starting several blazes at Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria because he enjoyed the thrill of being involved in the emergency call to extinguish the fires. He was caught because police became suspicious after he was the one that discovered most of the fires. The fires had started […]
Builders are working overtime at Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Pinzgau to rebuild the “Glemmtalerhofs” hotel in time for the winter season. The property was almost completely destroyed and that was practically just a shell left after a blaze at Christmas. Luckily for the Schnell family that owned the property – the rebuilding work is being covered by […]
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 […]
A boy has ended up in hospital after his teacher encouraged him to jump over a fire whilst on a school trip. What began as a light-hearted solstice celebration ended with the 15-year-old being severely injured. The teacher from Rudolf-Steiner school in Vienna, Austria, reportedly encouraged Jakob to leap over a fire leaving him so […]
Seven people have been injured in a fire in Hainburg, Austria, yesterday (Thurs) evening. The blaze began on the first floor of an apartment block, the reasons for which are not yet clear. More than 50 fire fighters came to put out the flames coming from a first floor apartment with support from 20 paramedics, […]