That came pretty close: in Ansfelden, police officers took three children from an apartment that was already completely full of smoke. Apparently dinner was very burnt and the mother had left the children aged one, four and five alone in the apartment and locked the door. But that was not the only fire service in Upper Austria on Thursday afternoon.
It all started in Munderfing, where four fire brigades had to go to the KTM factory. At around 3:30 p.m., a fire broke out on an engine test bench, the affected hall was evacuated and staff waited outside for the start of the extinguishing work. Quick intervention prevented a major fire and no one was injured.
In Helfenberg in the Mühlviertel, too, no injuries were reported when food burned on the stove and the fire alarm went off. Three fire brigades were alerted at 3:45 p.m. and were able to return after less than 45 minutes.
Food on the stove
On the other hand, it was dangerous in an apartment building in Ansfelden, where food in the pan on the switched-on stove also started to char shortly before 4 p.m. A neighbor had alerted the police that he heard children screaming from the apartment next door and that a fire was imminent. The Ansfelden police drove to the scene and the smoke detector in the stairwell sounded the alarm. The neighbor led the officers to the door of the apartment, which was locked. Because no one answered the door, the policewoman kicked the door open with several kicks.
The patrol crew searched the apartment and found three children in the bedroom. The one-, four- and five-year-old siblings were carried from the apartment and taken outside and given first aid until rescuers arrived. The Romanian mother, who was not in the apartment at the time – she had left the children alone when she went shopping – arrived later.
The Red Cross was on the scene with three ambulances and, in addition to the children, also cared for the policewoman and her colleagues, who complained of headaches after inhaling the smoke, but no one had to be taken to hospital by ambulance. Some of those affected drove themselves to the hospital for a safety check. Fortunately, material damage is minimal.
Source: Krone
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