Large-scale operation necessary

Balcony fire in Salzburg-Lehen required fire department

The fire department was fully occupied on Monday evening.

(Bild: Markus Tschepp)

There were two balcony fires in Salzburg on Monday evening. First there was a fire in Salzburg-Lehen, a little later a fire also broke out at the other end of the city in Salzburg-Aigen. The emergency services were fully occupied.

In the early evening, a fire broke out in a block of flats near the Salzburg City Library in Salzburg-Lehen. The fire started on the balcony of an apartment.

Fire under control
The Salzburg professional fire department quickly got the flames under control with the support of the Salzburg-Itzling volunteer fire department. One woman had to be handed over to the Red Cross for care. The cause of the fire was initially unclear.

While the clean-up work in Lehen was still underway, the Floriani received the next alarm. A fire also broke out on a balcony in Salzburg-Aigen. The professional fire department had to be called out again. The occupants were able to get to safety on their own. According to initial investigations, the cause of the fire was that a resident had left an Advent wreath burning in a bowl.