In Vienna there is a huge explosion on Friday morning.
After hours of searching it is clear: a person did not survive the accident.
There
was a devastating
explosion
in
Austria
.
A man died
in
Langenzersdorf
near
Vienna
.
The
detonation
tore
away
part of an
apartment building
.
Langenzersdorf - In an
explosion
in an
apartment building
in
Austria
on Friday morning, one resident was killed and five others were injured.
In the Austrian media, there were initially six injured people, including one seriously injured.
The body was recovered on Friday evening after a search lasting several hours, reported the fire department.
It was under rubble, said spokesman Franz Resperger to the
courier
.
It is said to be a 60-year-old resident who has been
missing
since the
explosion
.
The police had previously contacted all of the other 60 residents.
The man could not be reached.
As reported by ORF, his cell phone was located in the
house
at the time of the accident
.
The man could only be searched for with the help of a special crane.
Whether the fatality is actually the 60-year-old missing person has not yet been officially confirmed.
House in Austria explodes: corpse only recovered after hours of searching
The cause of the
explosion
in
Langenzersdorf
near
Vienna
was still unclear in the evening.
Investigators assumed a gas explosion.
Recently, several people in Madrid had lost their lives after a gas explosion.
According to police spokesman Johann Baumschlager, suicide cannot be ruled out, as the ORF reports.
The upper floor of the
house
was partially torn away.
A fire also broke out.
According to Resperger, the building was
completely on fire
after the
detonation
.
Apartments on the third and fourth floors were devastated.
Around 150 emergency services fought the fire.
The rescue workers could not enter the house for a long time due to safety concerns.
A tenant was
rescued
from the
house
unharmed with a turntable ladder
.
Explosion near Vienna: Victims are cared for by crisis intervention team
The injured were taken to three hospitals.
"The injury patterns were smoke gas poisoning and collapse situations," said state rescue commander Werner Kraut the ORF.
Ten other people had to be looked after by a crisis intervention team of the Red Cross in the village hall.
The accident in Langenzersdorf is reminiscent of an explosion in Rettenbach in the Allgäu.
A father and daughter were killed in May 2019.
(mt / dpa)
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