Nobody was injured in a fire inferno in Taufkirchen, Bavaria - but the damage to property is enormous.
According to initial investigations, a technical defect caused the fire.
A
burning barn
in Taufkirchen for a
large-scale
fire service.
With their rapid intervention, the
fire brigade was
able to
prevent worse.
For six and a half hours
, the emergency services tried
to bring
the fire
under control
.
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Taufkirchen
- Everything went very quickly.
After an emergency call to the
fire brigade
at 5:22 p.m.,
they immediately moved out on Sunday.
But in the
Taufkirchen district of Potzham
, in the Bergstrasse / Hochstrasse area, the barn of an agricultural property was “in
full fire
”
just a few minutes later
, according to a press release from the Munich district
fire inspection
.
Flame inferno in Taufkirchen: fire brigade prevents worse - huge property damage
With their rapid intervention, the
fire brigade
prevented
worse, the
property damage
is nevertheless considerable and is estimated at 1.5 million euros.
Four people were rescued from the neighboring house in good time, but two firefighters suffered
minor burns
during the operation
.
According to initial investigations, a
technical defect was
probably the cause of the fire.
According to the police, the farmer wanted to
thaw a frozen water pipe
with the help of a
heater
.
Firewood stored nearby apparently caught fire from the heat.
“It was a rare occurrence.
A very big fire, ”reports Michael Huber, commander of the Taufkirchen volunteer fire brigade, who led the large-scale operation.
Taufkirchen: Farmer wants to thaw frozen water pipes with radiant heaters - wood catches fire
He quickly recognized
that the size of the fire
would
ultimately
require
a
large contingent
.
A total of
226 emergency services
took care of
six and a half hours
to bring the fire under control
until the official end of the mission at 11:52 p.m.
In addition to the people of Taufkirchen, I was helped by the Brunnthal, Unterhaching, Oberhaching, Ottobrunn and Grünwald fire brigades, as well as the district's ABC train and the support group of the local operations management;
also police and rescue services as well as energy suppliers to illuminate the scene.
Fire in Taufkirchen: Large numbers of the fire brigade in action for six and a half hours - residents brought to safety unharmed
"By intervening quickly, we were able to keep the adjacent house free of damage and save the residents," reports Jochen Schendel, press spokesman for the Taufkirchen fire brigade.
Because a
residential building is
directly adjacent to the barn
- its four
residents
could
be
brought to
safety
without being
injured
.
Because it was impossible to enter the burning barn in this inferno, the firefighters concentrated their
extinguishing work
on the directly attached house and on the surrounding buildings.
Eight fire engines and three turntable ladders were used.
As a precaution, several
gas bottles
were recovered
from a nearby building
.
Taufkirchen: Barn burns down to a large extent - fire brigade on duty until 3 a.m.
The spread of the fire to the house could be prevented by the massive fire fighting.
The
barn
, however
, largely burned down
;
According to information from the Taufkirchen fire brigade commander Michael Huber, a few tools and tractors remained halfway undamaged within the foundation walls.
Until 3 a.m.
, the Taufkirchen fire brigade checked the scene of the fire several times to see if any embers were hidden.
Everything is okay, the follow-up checks showed - the clean-up work is now underway.
(By Martin Becker)