“Although the spread of the fire has now been limited to 150 hectares, the risk of the fire spreading once more has not been banned,” it said. Flames might “eat” up to 50 centimeters into the ground and produce a multitude of embers. “Discovering and combating this will be the great challenge of the next few days,” it was emphasized. Thermal imaging cameras are used to detect embers. When “fire out” can be given also depends on the weather, the military command of Lower Austria said on request.
Mobile helicopter refueling station
The mission is “not only sweaty, it also requires a lot of muscle power and is an enormous physical strain,” said the state fire brigade command. Support comes from seven disaster relief trains from neighboring counties. To ensure that firefighting by the fire-fighting helicopters is not interrupted by refueling flights, a mobile helicopter refueling station with 5,000 liters of aviation fuel was requested from the state fire brigade association. Because of the danger of duds, the army had a splinter-protected fire engine in use and armored personnel carriers pulled fire breaks, said army spokesman Michael Bauer via Twitter.
