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A fire broke out in a single-family home around 4:20 p.m. Alert level two was declared and twelve fire departments with around 120 men from the surrounding area responded. According to initial information, there were no injuries, but the Red Cross crisis intervention team had to provide psychological care to the homeowners. The emergency services were able to quickly bring the fire under control, but the building became engulfed in flames.
As soon as we arrived, the “extreme clouds of smoke” could be seen from afar, says operations manager Nico Seidl, commander of the Grünbach volunteer fire department. When the fire brigade arrived, the building and the straw-covered roof structure were fully engulfed in flames.
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The firefighters faced special challenges: They had to lay long feeder lines to bring fire-fighting water to the scene. In addition, the low temperatures made extinguishing work more difficult. The thatched roof had to be laboriously removed in order to extinguish all embers. The cause of the fire was still under investigation on Wednesday evening.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
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