No one was injured in the incident on Jedleseer Strasse. The extinguishing work lasted several hours. The occupants of the car fled. The background to the incident remained unclear, and local experts considered it practically impossible that it was an accident.
At around 4:15 a.m., the car crashed into the shop and smashed through the glass facade. The inmates fled, as police spokesman Daniel Fürst announced. The car and then the supermarket caught fire. According to Lukas Schauer, spokesman for the Vienna professional fire brigade, several residents were awakened by the noise and notified the emergency services.
The fire brigade deployed with ten vehicles and 45 emergency services. Squads laid several extinguishing lines and fought the flames from the outside and inside, some wearing respiratory protection. A water cannon was used from a turntable ladder. Firefighters used special cutting saws to open the roof construction in order to check whether the fire or embers were spreading. Cavities had to be flooded with extinguishing foam. The operation was only completed six and a half hours later.
Why the car raced into the market was still unclear on Saturday morning. The fire investigators of the State Criminal Police Office took over the investigation. Local experts de facto ruled out that it was an accident. The glass facade of the market was a little away from the street, in front of it stood, among other things, used glass containers, there was a parking lot in front of it, which was separated from the sidewalk and the street by a railing.
speculation on social media
It was speculated on social networks that the car occupants were after an ATM in the supermarket. The police questioned this version, since it would be a highly unprofessional attempt to get hold of the money. The executive asked any witnesses to the incident to call the investigative service of the State Criminal Police Office on 01-31310-33800 DW.
Source: Nachrichten
