Upon the arrival of the emergency services from the nearby central fire station, two people became noticeable at windows in the courtyard. A man on the first floor explained that he and his wife had fallen from the top floor. He was able to save himself at a window. Another woman on the second floor was in a part of the building that was not affected by the collapse. Both individuals were rescued with an extension ladder.

During further investigation, the emergency services found that the floor ceilings of three floors had collapsed. A large pile of debris and rubble had formed on the ground floor. As a result, alarm level 2 was triggered. Additionally, rescue dogs and the sound location group of the Vienna disaster relief service were called in.

To reach the fallen woman, the emergency services removed the apartment doors on the second and third floors. The high-altitude rescuers of the professional fire brigade abseiled down to the partially buried woman, located her, and began her care and rescue. Due to the risk of collapse of the outer walls, the roof, and numerous loose building parts, the work had to be carried out with utmost caution.

During the rescue, the rest of the building was evacuated. Due to the existing danger, surrounding buildings were also evacuated. In the affected building, the emergency services also turned off gas, water, and district heating.

The rescue of the woman required partially laborious manual work. Additionally, large parts of the building and ceilings had to be removed. After about three hours, she was freed and lifted to the second floor with a rescue stretcher and a motorized battery winch. From there, she was brought outside via the staircase. After further emergency medical care at the central fire station, she was hospitalized.

The Vienna professional rescue service treated a total of 17 people from the directly affected and surrounding buildings. The operation, involving around 26 vehicles and about 100 emergency personnel from the Vienna professional fire brigade and the Vienna disaster relief service, began at 10:33 PM and ended around 4:30 AM.

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