After unusually warm temperatures at the beginning of April, the first forest and field fires of the year broke out on Saturday: Florianis were affected in four places in Upper Austria. In Goldwörth, ten fire brigades had to be called out due to a field fire.
In any case, it should be unusual for forests and shrubs to catch fire in April – this happened four times in Upper Austria on Saturday.
The forest fires in Wartberg ob der Aist and Oepping were extinguished fairly quickly. In Eggelsberg, three fire brigades were warned of a forest fire.
Fire during harvesting
The municipality of Goldwörth recorded the largest deployment on Saturday due to a vegetation fire. A fire is believed to have started there during harvesting work around 2 p.m. The possible cause of the fire is agricultural equipment.
The wind caused the flames to spread over the entire field. The ten fire brigades on duty extinguished the fire from several sides and were able to keep the fire under control.
Fortunately, there have been no reports of injuries in any of the four fires.
Source: Krone
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