Various fire brigades were used on Friday evening in the fire of a train on the Pyhrnbahn line. A top car had set fire to an unknown case, during the extinguishing work the railway line was completely closed off.
In the night of Saturday, the Oberbaugagen of a train set loaded with track construction machines in flames. The train driver (39) just traveled from Linz in the direction of Selzthal when he noticed the fire around 1.35 am and could stop the train in the municipal area of Wartberg/Krems.
Various fire brigades in action
Five fire brigades and the Öbb -needed coordinator hurried to the site, where strong smoke development was already visible. First, the firefighters carried out an extinguishing work in the lower part of the trains before the overhead line could be carried out around 2.20 hours.
The cause of the fire unclear
Then the Florianis moved with severe respiratory protection and various C tubes and also fought against the fire in the upper area. Why the fire had taken place is still the subject of investigations. A technical defect is currently being accepted.
Train route locked
The railway line in the affected part was closed for the duration of the extinguishing work. The adjacent Staatsweg also had to be closed temporarily and was then only passable.
Source: Krone
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