Severe weather, wind, lightning: weirs in large-scale operation



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  ++ DOCUMENT ++ NIEDERSTERREICH: GRANDBURG IN FOREST IN THE DISTRICT
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KREMS – On Saturday afternoons and evenings, many firefighting missions have took place in Lower Austria, where forces reported raids and damage in the districts of Krems-Land, Tulln, Korneuburg, Mistelbach, Gänserndorf, Bruck / Leitha and Baden. Six firefighters with 85 members prevented a major fire in a Groß-Siegharts forest on Saturday afternoon, fire from a pile of woods spread to the Hochwald in strong winds, reported the district commando Waidhofen ad Thaya

Farmers helped emergency services during the three-hour firefighting operations and 500 m² of forest were affected.

A violent fire hit two houses by lightning. In St. Veit (district of Murau), the roof of a detached house was in flames, in Flatschach (district of Murtal) a lightning set fire to a living room. In both cases, only material damage was caused.

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