Over 100 Fire Brigade Deployments After Storm in Lower Austria

After a storm, the fire brigade was alerted to around 140 operations in Lower Austria on Monday. The focus was the district of Horn with more than 100 damage sites, reported Klaus Stebal from the state command on Tuesday. For the most part, the helpers were busy with pumping operations. Eight people were rescued from four cars that were standing in water. In 20 operations, overturned objects had to be removed. In Sitzenberg (district of Tulln), a tree blocked a road.

40 fire brigades deployed in the district of Horn

In Horn, due to massive rainfall of more than 100 liters per square meter within an hour, numerous private houses as well as commercial properties were flooded, reported the FF Brunn an der Wild on their website. In the district, 40 fire brigades with a total of 585 members and 79 vehicles were deployed. No one was injured.

(APA/Red)

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