No one was injured, according to current information the hut was uninhabited or the tenants were out. However, two dogs and a cat inside the hut, as well as three rabbits outside the building, perished. The cause of the fire was initially unclear and is the subject of investigations, the police reported.

Firefighting Operation in Tyrol Proved Difficult

The firefighting operation proved difficult because the access route to the extremely exposed forest area where the hut was located was blocked by a timber winch and a wood storage. Therefore, initially only a small group of emergency personnel from the fire department and police could advance there with very off-road capable vehicles, it was said.

Upon the arrival of the emergency personnel, the mountain hut was already fully ablaze. To prevent the fire from spreading further to the nearby forest, the crew of a police helicopter extinguished it from the air. As a result, the fire could finally be brought under control quickly.

(APA/Red)

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