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A short but violent thunderstorm passed around 9 p.m. in the Mühlviertel community of Gramastetten (district of Urfahr-Umwelt). With lightning, thunder and heavy rain, the surrounding fire brigades were called to a fire operation. Lightning struck a farm building where hay and straw are stored.
“The roof truss was on fire,” reported the Gramastetten fire department on Friday morning. Together with eight other teams – a total of almost a hundred emergency services moved out – managed to extinguish the fire. The last firefighters were able to move back in three and a half hours. A second alarm went off for the Gramastettner during the extinguishing work. This time a transformer had burned in the town center.
There was also a large-scale operation by the fire brigade in the Vöcklabruck district. In Desselbrunn, a residential building got stuck, eight fire brigades were on duty from 8:38 p.m. “It was probably a lightning strike,” said the state fire department on Friday morning.
Source: Nachrichten
