There has been a lot to do recently for the fire brigade and mountain rescue team in the Ausserfern region in Tyrol: the cable car on the Neunerköpfle in Tannheim came to a standstill after a power cut and a mudslide blocked the way for hikers in the nearby Holzgau area. The forces had a big day of battle.
A lot came together in Tannheim on Thursday: First, an excavator cut the main power cable during excavation work, so that the gondola lift could only transport 150 passengers in emergency mode to the Neunerköpfle. Then a violent thunderstorm swept across the valley, which many railway users did not expect. For many of them were now stuck on the mountain without rain protection and waiting for help.
Shuttle service for the stranded
The mountain rescue services of Tannheim and Nesselwängle and the fire brigade of Tannheim and Grän were called in to transport them to the valley. “We organized a shuttle service for the stranded,” says Reinhold Bilgeri, local manager of the Tannheim Mountain Rescue Service. According to Bilgeri, the approximately 250 people were not – in the true sense of the word – without protection in the rain: “They found shelter in the building of the mountain railway.”
Granted, most of them then had to hike in the rain for about 30 minutes to nearby Usseralpe. Fire engines were waiting for them there.
Wheelchair users brought to the valley
The mountain rescue truck picked up those who couldn’t walk a little closer to the mountain station, but the car didn’t make it all the way. A wheelchair user was also brought down safely in the valley.
Alarm in the upper Lechtal
When the operation in Tannheim was over, there was an alarm in the upper Lechtal – in Holzgau. A storm had surprised the hikers on the Roßgumpenalpe. The Ramstalbach rose sharply, in combination with a debris flow it cut off around 5.40 pm at an altitude of about 1350 meters.
On the rope across the creek
“The path to the stranded people was too narrow for the fire brigade, so the mountain rescue team also called out,” says Hubert Kerber, commander of the FFW Holzgau and mountain rescuer. Five emergency services from both rescue organizations brought the eight people safely across the creek or the Mure. Subsequently, the seven Germans and one Czech were driven into the valley unharmed.
Record-breaking record
The record of the rescuers from Ausserfern is impressive: about 260 people were rescued unharmed in one day! Sounds almost record breaking!
Source: Krone
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