Large alarm in Pöchlarn: Fire brigade deletes dangerous garbage fires quickly!

Large alarm in Pöchlarn: Fire brigade deletes dangerous garbage fires quickly!

Pöchlarn, Österreich - Last weekend, May 31 and June 1, 2025, Pöchlarn was a scene of dramatic fire events that required a large contingent of fire brigade. On Saturday it all started in a waste processing plant in the Recycling Center NÖ-West in Wörth. A garbage mountain had caught fire, which was classified as a swell fire. The emergency services of the Pöchlarn fire brigade were immediately alerted, supported by a total of several weirs that arrived quickly to start the extinguishing measures. Thanks to the fast and consistent action of the fire brigade, worse things could be prevented, as [meinzirk.at] (https://www.meinbezirk.at/melk/c-lokales/grossaufgebot-der- Detail-in-poechlarn_a7355294) reported.

The situation escalated the following day. On Sunday, the Ornding volunteer fire brigade was again called to Wörth due to a suspicion of fire. Again, a dense black cloud of smoke was visible, which already drew attention to itself from afar. Again, weirs from Pöchlarn and Matzleinsdorf moved out to assist the emergency services. The firefighters immediately started extinguishing work under heavy breathing protection. A newly purchased water cannon was used for the first time to put down the flames, while an excavator divided the garbage, so that embers could be discovered and deleted in a targeted manner. These measures had an effect, and the emergency services were able to quickly control the open fire noen.at.

fire brigade in continuous use

The past events are not an isolated case. According to the Center of Fire Statistics, fire statistics are an important topic. Every year, millions of fires worldwide are analyzed, as well as in the current report, which comprises more than 4 million fires in 2022. The statistics show that fire brigades around the globe are regularly alert, be it because of house fires, the border of industries or in this case a fire in a waste processing plant CTIF.ORG.

How important a well -equipped fire brigade is, is shown by the current situation in Pöchlarn. Thanks to modern technology and quickly intervening teams, a major fire could be prevented. The fire brigade once again proved that it has a good hand when it comes to recognizing dangerous situations early on and suffocating in the bud. Such incidents remind us of how decisively quick action and the availability of resources are.