Fire Department Rescued Cats from Burning Apartment in Lower Austria
Die Samtpfoten konnten von der Feuerwehr in Sicherheit gebracht werden.
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On Saturday evening, four cats were rescued from a building fire in Waidhofen an der Ybbs.
One person had to be taken to the hospital, the fire department reported in a release on Sunday. The fire had broken out in an apartment in a multi-family house. The apartment and the stairwell were heavily smoked.
Emergency services brought residents outside
The alarm was triggered shortly before 6 PM. The three fire departments Waidhofen/Ybbs, Waidhofen-Wirts, and Zell were deployed. All residents were brought outside with escape hoods before the building was cleared of smoke using a positive pressure ventilator.
(APA/Red)
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