On the night of Saturday, the Tyrol control center in Austria recorded almost 200 fire brigade operations. Lightning strikes during a violent thunderstorm have caused several small forest fires in South Tyrol.
Innsbruck/Rome – People were injured in storms in Austria. In Fulpmes in the Stubaital near Innsbruck, two people were swept away in their car by a mudslide, then freed from the vehicle by the fire brigade and taken to a clinic.
Corresponding media reports were confirmed by the Tyrol control center of the APA news agency. A total of almost 200 fire brigade operations were recorded on Saturday night due to storms, especially in the Innsbruck-Land district. Smaller bridges were torn down, and buildings were also affected. In Fulpmes, a search was carried out on Saturday for other possible victims because eyewitnesses had stated that they had seen two vehicles in the area of the mudflow.
Lightning causes forest fires in South Tyrol
In South Tyrol, meanwhile, lightning strikes during a violent thunderstorm caused several small forest fires. In addition, the fire brigade had to move out in the northern Italian holiday region because of fallen trees. In Naturno, a tree fell on a campsite early on Saturday morning and hit a mobile home, according to the fire brigade. Nobody got hurt. A tree fell on the swimming pool of a hotel in Meran. In Vilpian, lightning struck trees, a piece of forest burned, but could be extinguished again. Elsewhere, a roof truss burned out. South Tyrol is affected by forest fires this summer because it rained little and hardly snowed in winter. dpa
