Fatal fire

After 100 years, all that remains of the inn is a carcass

The destroyed Waldhäusl inn

(Bild: Markus Groß)

"It was an institution", says former tenant after devastating fire in Enns, when he visited the destroyed Waldhäusl inn himself on Epiphany. Emergency crews had been able to rescue neighboring buildings during the night while facing problems.

"New landlord wanted" had been written on the door of the traditional Waldhäusl inn in the Enns district of Eichberg (Upper Austria) for just over a year. On the night of Epiphany, the almost century-old building was engulfed by flames. When the "Krone" reached the former tenant Markus Groß on Monday afternoon, he was at the scene of the fire.