Vacationers only want to make tea at alpine huts: Forest fire threatens - the fire brigade is facing an insane problem

Bad heat at the weekend, but German holidaymakers went one better on the thermometer. They accidentally torched an alpine hut.

• Two German vacationers just wanted to have tea in a hut.
• They used a gas stove for this.
• The fire brigade could no longer save the alpine hut.

Salzburg - The risk of forest fires is higher again with high temperatures and dry areas in summer. But the dangerous natural event is less likely to be attributed to a tea maker. In Austria , 60 kilometers south of Salzburg , that almost happened. The mountain forest could be saved, but one alpine hut burned down completely. What happened?

According to the Salzburger Nachrichten, two German vacationers from Ebersberg wanted to make tea on Saturday morning. A 22-year-old and a 28-year-old probably used a two-burner gas cooker. A procedure that every camper or festival visitor carried out countless times without any problems.

As the Ebersbergerinnen reported, however, the bottom of the gas stove suddenly started to burn. And unfortunately for the two ladies, the fire spread straight over the wooden table to the entire building. In no time the whole wooden hut was on fire.

Abtenau: Vacationers wanted to make tea - the alpine hut burned down completely https://t.co/D8t2RRrynN pic.twitter.com/AMmjw6Hc65

The two vacationers saved themselves and were able to call the fire department . However, the 32-minute drive to the hut with the fire trucks was a great challenge. An almost 800 meter long line over almost 200 meters altitude had to be laid in order to be able to carry out the mission successfully, as the Abtenau volunteer fire brigade reports.

Salzburg / Abtenau: The police are now investigating

The alpine hut could not be saved, it is only rubble and ashes. The fire brigade wanted the flames not to spread to the forest. The vacationers were brought to a hospital as a precaution, but are probably unharmed. The police are investigating the cause of the fire. A defective gas cooker cannot be ruled out either.