Roof truss fire after lightning strike: large-scale operation by the fire brigade - residents injured

Created: 05/23/2022, 16:37

By: Nikola Obermeier

The roof structure of the family home in Pipinsried burned out.

© Hbertshausen Volunteer Fire Department

After a lightning strike, the roof structure of a family home in Pipinsried caught fire on Monday morning.

A resident was injured, a spokesman for the Dachau police said yesterday.

Pipinsried ‒ A strong thunderstorm passed over Pipinsried at around 8.30 a.m. on Friday.

According to the police, the lightning struck a single-family house on Heimbergstrasse, and the roof truss caught fire.

The fire brigade was on site quickly.

Roof truss fire after lightning strike in Pipinsried: 59-year-old suffers from smoke inhalation

A resident, the 59-year-old owner of the house, suffered smoke inhalation and blast trauma and had to be hospitalized.

A total of 80 firefighters from the Dachau, Indersdorf, Hilgertshausen-Tandern, Altomünster, Pipinsried, Schiltberg, Alberzell, Randelsried and Hebertshausen fire brigades were deployed for extinguishing and post-extinguishing work.

According to the police, the house was damaged in the fire by 250,000 euros.

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