As of: March 15, 2024, 8:15 p.m
By: Manuela Schauer
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Fighting their way through the terrain: two firefighters.
Photo: zoom.tirol © zoom.tirol
A forest fire broke out in the Plansee area on Thursday.
The perpetrator has already been caught.
His motive is not yet known.
Linderhof/Plansee – He confessed.
A 36-year-old Austrian admitted that he had ignited several fires on Planseestrasse in the area of Heiterwanger See and Plansee between 1 and 2 p.m. on Thursday.
With his lighter or lit cigarettes.
The motive is not yet known.
The flames spread quickly, sometimes penetrating into impassable terrain.
Getting them under control is anything but an easy game.
Because of the risk of falling rocks, the numerous fire departments even had to temporarily stop extinguishing the fire.
Work on the ground and from the air was initially stopped at around 7 p.m.
The onset of darkness and the impassable terrain no longer allowed them.
The next round started on Friday.
The Tyrol State Police Department has not yet been able to estimate the extent of the burned forest and meadow area.
Fortunately, no one was injured and there was no damage to buildings.
Water from the lake: The police helicopter helps with the extinguishing work.
Photo: ff reutte © ff reutte
The suspected fire devil was promptly apprehended in the vicinity of the crime scene.
The police arrested him on suspicion of arson.
On the orders of the Innsbruck public prosecutor's office, he was taken to the prison there on Thursday.
As the ORF reports, he was placed in pre-trial detention.
The next detention review is scheduled to take place in two weeks.
130 people from the fire brigades from Breitenwang, Heiterwang, Reutte, Lechaschau and Höfen as well as the Reutte mountain rescue service, the rescue service and the police with their two helicopters were deployed.
The firefighting work also had an impact on traffic.
Planseestrasse was closed for four hours on Thursday from 3 p.m.
On Friday, the route across the border to Linderhof also remained closed, the press office of the state police headquarters confirmed in the afternoon.
How long was not yet foreseeable at this point.
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