Serious accident in the hotel: guest falls into a 50-centimetre-wide shaft – rescue from heights has to come

Created: 01/22/2022, 22:08

By: Christina Denk

The Hanau fire brigade had to save a hotel guest from a ten meter deep shaft on Saturday night (January 22nd).

© Screenshot Facebook Fire Department Hanau

In Hanau, a hotel guest fell into a tiny shaft in the middle of the night.

In some places it was only 50 centimeters wide.

Pictures show the complicated rescue.

Hanau – shock in the night: In a hotel on the Heumarkt in Hanau, a hotel guest fell into a supply shaft during the night.

According to the fire brigade, they were called at around 2:30 a.m. to the ten-meter-deep shaft.

The seriously injured hotel guest was unable to free himself.

The rescue by the emergency services was difficult.

The "supply shaft only had a diameter of 50 by 40 centimeters due to various pipelines," writes the fire brigade in its mission report on Facebook.

The fire brigade's special high-altitude rescue unit had to move in.

Immediately after the special forces arrived, a height rescuer was lowered down to the seriously injured man to prepare him for rescue.

Pictures of the Hanau fire brigade show the complicated rescue.

Accident at supply shaft: Hotel guest is rescued with serious injuries

The man was finally rescued after an hour and a half.

The seriously injured man was then treated by an ambulance around 4 a.m., reports the fire department.

It was initially unclear why he fell into the shaft.

A total of 35 emergency services were involved in the operation until after five in the morning.

High-altitude rescue is not only used in the mountains.

Again and again she has to move out in the city area.

In 2019, the emergency services rescued a crane driver from a height of 50 meters, who had probably suffered a heart attack there.

Only recently had the high-altitude rescue team deployed on the high banks of the Isar.

A mother and her son misjudged a lot on a walk.