A tall column of black smoke was quickly seen from a great distance. Dozens of tenants are currently unable to return to their apartments.
Aktuell läuft in Graz ein größerer Feuerwehreinsatz.
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The Graz fire department announced that 20 people were slightly injured. The first report of the Styrian Red Cross indicates that five people were transported to hospitals for evaluation after smoke inhalation. Dozens of tenants had to leave the building, reports the correspondent of state television from Graz.
Graz’da Apartment Yangını: Çöp Odasında Başladı, Çok Sayıda Kişi Tahliye Edildi
WELG | Graz – In Graz’ın Straßgang district, bu akşam bir apartmanda izın yangın paniğe neden oldu. The multi-story binada on the Grillweg started a fire, and after the fire, a lot of smoke spread, bazi… pic.twitter.com/SumHLwW3L4
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The alarm was activated at 19:51 by an automatic fire alarm located near the exit from the garbage room. It appears the flames then spread to the lower ground floor. The fire department officially declared the fire extinguished at 21:43.
Holding Graz provides buses as overnight accommodation.
The Red Cross said dozens of families would not be able to return until Monday. Holding Graz provided buses as overnight accommodation for those who could not find alternative accommodation, reports tportal.hr.
“We were at home and I was standing on the terrace, then I turned around and saw a huge, black smoke. Then I just shouted to my children: ‘Burn, burn! Let’s go outside!’ And then we ran outside and we already saw a lot of people outside, including the police,” recounted a local resident.
(Vijesti.ba)
