“Thanks are due to the emergency services, but there was also luck”

In Ansfelden was after almost a week of the state of emergency as a result of the gas explosion “something like calm has returned”, reports Mayor Christian Partoll (FP) in the OÖN conversation. After the majority of the approximately 150 residents of the Freindorf district were allowed to return to their houses last Friday, the release for the remaining 15 houses will be granted “expected in the coming days”.

Further gas measurements were carried out over the weekend, and additional probes were placed in the ground. The results would be the basis for further action today, says the mayor. The houses that are still closed are in the immediate vicinity of the deep drilling from which the natural gas flowed on Tuesday evening.

lounger “the gas value at zero”, the 47 people still registered there could also return to their homes. The gas values ​​are according to Partoll “continuously sinking”the borehole too “99.9 percent” tight. It was filled by the OMV experts with a special cement mixture that hardens particularly quickly.

The mayor’s thanks go to the emergency services and experts who “risked some of their lives” had. Dangerous situations also arose after the evacuation, for example when the borehole had to be re-drilled before it was sealed.

Asfinag tunnel fans were used to prevent an explosion from being triggered when the machines were switched on. They would have swirled any escaping gas immediately.

“incident will still accompany us”

Partoll would also get positive news from the hospital. The injured person is fine “very good”.

In the meantime, garbage containers have been set up in the settlement so that the thawed frozen goods can be disposed of. After the gas leak, the electricity was shut off for almost three days.

The incident will Freindorf according to the mayor “quite a while” accompany, “but more in the processing”. The returned residents used the weekend to get back to everyday life after days of uncertainty.