Difficult operation
Difficult operation: mountain hut on fire
Difficult operation in the Salzkammergut: The Buchberghütte at 1015 meters above sea level at the foot of the Schafberg has been on fire since the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire department was particularly challenged because the route to the hut is difficult. Helicopters flew extinguishing water from Lake Mondsee up the mountain.
Thousands of hikers pass the Buchberghütte in the border region between Upper Austria and Salzburg on their way up the Schafberg (1781 meters high) every year. However, the building has been on fire since the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire department had great difficulty getting to the scene due to the location, and the lightly snow-covered roads were an additional challenge.
"We have absolutely no opportunity to get water to extinguish the fire up here. Two police helicopters fetched water from Lake Mondsee, and we also requested several fire engines," head of operations Christopher Fischer from the St. Gilgen fire brigade told the "Krone" newspaper. "I've never had a fire in a mountain hut before, which is of course very challenging."
Hut completely destroyed
The hut was already closed, so there were no people inside at the time the fire broke out. Columns of smoke were spotted from the valley - and the fire department was then alerted. Around 100 firefighters were deployed on Thursday morning.
"There are no injuries," says incident commander Fischer. However, not much is likely to remain of the Buchberghütte. Fischer: "The hut is a total loss."
Particularly bitter: these days, after the end of the season, they wanted to clear up and make everything winter-proof.
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