Operation over

Five fire departments on the way to an alarm in a tunnel

Five fire brigades were involved in a potential tunnel fire (symbolic image)

(Bild: Birbaumer Christof)

On Wednesday afternoon, five Mühlviertel fire departments were alerted to a potentially tricky operation. Smoke was coming from a parked truck in the Götschka tunnel on the S 10. After less than an hour, the all-clear was given: it was only leaking operating fluids that had evaporated and the operation was over.

Alarm in the tunnel! At 4.02 p.m., the Kefermarkt, Neumarkt im Mühlkreis, Hagenberg im Mühlkreis, Unterweitersdorf and Wartberg ob der Aist fire departments were alerted to the Götschka tunnel, a bypass of the S10.

Lots of smoke for nothing
There was a huge amount of smoke coming from a truck. The firefighters had to clarify on site whether it was a fire or whether the engine had just overheated. "It was a truck that the driver had parked in a breakdown bay because he noticed smoke. Fortunately, the smoke only came from operating fluids that had broken out and evaporated in the engine compartment of the truck," said Gernot Schneider, commander of the Unterweitersdorf fire brigade.

Even if no flames break out, heavy smoke in the 4.4-kilometer-long tunnel is tricky despite the built-in fire smoke ventilation.