2024-04-26 07:01:00
Because of the frost fires in vineyards, collisions occurred in the Korneuburg and Baden districts.
Partially heavy smoke that has drifted over roadways is expected to blow in on Friday morning Korneuburg and Baden districts caused traffic accidents. Upon request, the Lower Austria State Police Directorate reported minor injuries. So-called frost fires were lit in vineyards due to low temperatures. The Baden district fire brigade command pointed this out on Facebook on Thursday evening.
Carmage there were on the S3 near Sierndorf and on a state road near Seyring in the municipality of Gerasdorf near Vienna (both in the Korneuburg district) as well as on the A2 in the Bad Vöslau area (Baden district), said police spokesman Raimund Schwaigerlehner. There are said to be clouds of smoke drifting across the roads.
“Frost fires will be lit tonight,” the Baden district fire command announced after “more and more reports and related announcements” had been received by the area alarm center on Thursday evening. At Temperatures around freezing point This was also the case in the Wachau on Friday morning, an eyewitness reported to the APA.
Damage is to be feared
Reinhard Dungl, Chairman of the Leobersdorf Wine Growing Association said about the night’s frost fires: “We had temperatures down to minus 2.5 degrees. In the early hours of the morning we lit fires in the vineyards to protect the young vines.”
At these low temperatures there is a risk of damage. Two weeks ago it was up to 30 degrees shoots are therefore already very advanced. It will only be possible to say in the next few hours whether there is any damage or whether it could have been avoided due to the smoke.
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