As of: March 23, 2024, 4:49 a.m
By: Carl Christian Eick
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A residential building in Endlhausen (municipality of Egling, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district) was struck by lightning on Thursday.
Numerous fire departments were at the scene shortly afterwards.
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Several thunderstorm cells passed over the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district on Thursday.
In Endlhausen (municipality of Egling), lightning struck the roof of a residential building.
Egling - Once again the fire department prevented something worse from happening: According to the police, a smoldering fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a property on Oberbiberger Strasse in the Endlhausen district of Egling after a lightning strike.
The resident of the house was busy working in the forest at the time of the accident.
Lightning strikes the roof: Attentive neighbors immediately call emergency services
Several thunderstorm cells passed over the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district on Thursday, following a corresponding warning from the German Weather Service.
At around 2:45 p.m. lightning struck the house in Endlhausen - this was evidenced by heavy smoke, according to a police spokesman.
Neighbors immediately dialed the emergency number, and just minutes later the fire departments from Endlhausen, Egling and Thanning as well as from Altkirchen, Oberbiberg and Taufkirchen in the Munich district were on site.
Wolfratshausen police estimate property damage at around 20,000 euros
Lightning had struck the roof, and a light bulb hanging over a bed had come off due to overvoltage.
“It was not an open fire, but a smoldering fire,” explains a police spokesman.
The fire brigade teams, using a C-pipe under breathing protection, were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
As a precaution, the emergency services opened the false ceiling above the fire site - but after a meticulous search they gave the all-clear.
The Wolfratshausen police estimate the property damage at around 20,000 euros.
(cce)
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