Next to fire on A12

Burnt out: Three cars were on fire in Tyrol

Three vehicles caught fire independently of each other in Tyrol on Friday. (symbolic image)

(Bild: FF Wiener Neudorf)

Several cars were on fire in Tyrol on Friday. In one case, the engine compartment caught fire, in another case a car on the Arlbergstraße was fully engulfed in flames and in a third case, as already reported, a vehicle on the A12 motorway burned out completely.

The fire department had their hands full on Friday in Tyrol. As already reported, there was a vehicle fire on the A12, but two cars had already gone up in flames beforehand: At 6.50 a.m. there was already a vehicle fire on Blasius-Hueber-Straße in Innsbruck. The fire in the engine compartment was quickly extinguished by the Innsbruck fire department. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Car was already on fire
A short time later, at around 7.30 am, a vehicle fire broke out on the Arlbergstraße in the municipality of St. Anton am Arlberg. When the St. Anton and Klösterle fire departments arrived, the car was already fully engulfed in flames. 

The catch basin had to be completely pumped out and all the liquid disposed of. The damage caused cannot yet be quantified.

Die Polizei

The road was also damaged by the fire. Furthermore, escaping liquid got into the catch basin of the tunnel drainage system. The catch basin had to be completely pumped out and all the liquid disposed of. The damage caused cannot yet be quantified.

The Arlbergstraße was completely closed until 8.50 am while the clean-up work was carried out.