On Saturday afternoon, the fact that modern technologies have sometimes demonstrated their pitfalls in the Großwalsertal community of Sankt Gerold in a drastic way: a homeowner wanted to preheat his sauna in the new house via app – he should experience a nasty surprise.
A wipe over the smartphone and shortly thereafter your own house is on fire. So it was the case with the Vorarlberger who wanted to have his sauna filled on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. via an app installed on his smartphone. But things have to follow a completely different course: due to a technical defect on the sauna, the temperature was higher than desired – so high that the sweat lodge went up in flames.
Neighbor warned the fire brigade
Fortunately, at 3.30 pm an attentive neighbor became aware of the smoking wat – he immediately warned the fire brigade and then informed the shocked homeowner. When the Florianis arrived on the scene of the fire, the flames had already spread over a large part of the first floor. The emergency services were able to control the fire quickly, but the material damage is still considerable. Double bitter: the house was only rebuilt.
Fireman brought to the hospital as a precaution
In the course of the extinguishing work, a firefighter exposed himself to the smoke too much; Otherwise neither people nor animals were damaged.
130 Floriani’s in action
The fire brigades of the municipalities of Raggal, Bludenz, Fontanella, Sonntag, Thuringianberg, Blons and St. Gerold were involved in the assignment, and there were a total of around 130 forces on the spot.
Source: Krone
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