Big fire in St. Peter in the Sulmtal - fire brigade intervenes quickly!

Big fire in St. Peter in the Sulmtal - fire brigade intervenes quickly!

On Saturday afternoon, June 1, 2025, the fire brigade in St. Peter in the Sulmtal was alerted to fight a fire in an outbuilding. According to meinzirk.at reached the emergency services at 3:04 p.m. When the fire brigade arrived, the building was already in full fire, which required rapid mobilization of the emergency services.

To tamer the flames, a total of 52 firefighters from various weirs were used, including the volunteer fire brigades from St. Peter, St. Martin, Dietmannsdorf as well as the Wildbach operating vehicle and the WLF Magna Powertrain from Lannach. The first firefighters arrived at the scene a few minutes after the alarm and immediately initiated fire fighting and protection of an adjacent house.

efficient fire fighting

To combat the fire efficiently, several measures were taken. For example, the roof structure was subordinate to the safety device carrier with metal supports. Three respiratory protection teams use a thermal imaging camera to locate the fire stove and combat the flames with a high pressure tube. In addition, two supply lines were laid by hydrants to support the external fire attack. Particular importance was attached to the safe removal of three gas bottles from the fire object in order to avoid possible dangers.

at 4 p.m. the command "fire from" could be given. Most of the danger was banned, but the deterioration and clean -up work went on until around 5:30 p.m.

units and investigations

A total of eleven fire engines including the FF St. Peter (three vehicles, 20 men), FF St. Martin (four vehicles, 17 men), FF Dietmannsdorf (three vehicles, 11 men), as well as eleven Wildbach (two men) and WLF Magna Powertrain (two men). The police and rescue workers were also on site to support the situation. At the moment the investigation into the cause of the fire is running to find out what led to this incident.

parallel to the operations in St. Peter, other regions such as Horhausen, are quickly reacted to outbuilding fires. The intervening fire brigade was able to quickly detect and fight with thermal imaging cameras, such as Feuerwehr-pleckhausen.de . This technology is also of great benefit in St. Peter.

The emergency services in Austria once again show that they have a good hand for quick reactions and comprehensive help in the emergency. It remains to be hoped that the investigation into the cause of the fire will soon bring clarity.