Large-scale fire brigade operation – Green Prater in Vienna is on fire – readers

On Sunday morning a fire broke out on Prater Hauptallee near the Würstelprater. The fire brigade in Vienna has been trying to extinguish the blazing flames in the green Prater since three thirty in the morning. The extinguishing work is still in full swing, there are currently 17 vehicles with 67 men on site. According to the fire brigade, a club building is on fire, there is alert level two.

The building is said to have ignited during the night from unexplained circumstances, when the emergency services arrived, the fire had already developed and spread to the roof, reports a spokesman for the fire brigade. The emergency services rescued a 48-year-old man from the burning building. The man suffered from smoke poisoning, and the Viennese professional rescue service took care of him on site and transported him to the hospital.

Until the fire has been extinguished, the main avenue between Laternenweg and Kaiserallee is closed to all private individuals due to the heavy smoke.

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