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Fire brigade fights diesel leak after truck crash – 5 minutes

Fire brigade fights diesel leak after truck crash – 5 minutes

Published on September 9, 2024, 16:29
/ ©Fire Department Friesach Wörth

A truck accident in the Gratkorn Tunnel required extensive deployment of rescue and fire services.

A truck accident in the Gratkorn Tunnel required extensive deployment of rescue and fire services.

On Monday, September 9, 2024, the Friesach-Wörth and Gratkorn-Markt fire departments were alerted at 12:27 p.m. to a traffic accident in the Gratkorn Tunnel in the direction of Slovenia.

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“For unknown reasons, a car and two trucks collided in the tunnel, and the driver of one truck suffered injuries of an unknown degree.” “The drivers involved were cared for by the crew of several ambulances and the emergency doctor,” says an incident report from the Fire Department Friesach Wörth.

Operation due to leaked fuel

The diesel tank of a truck was badly damaged in the collision, causing a large amount of fuel to leak out. Frohnleiten Fire Department He set about the task of binding the leaked diesel and relocating the remaining fuel.

On site

In addition to the Fire brigade Friesach-Wörth, Gratkorn Market and Judendorf-Straßengel were also the Oil emergency team from Frohnleitenthe Red Crossdie ASFINAGdie police and a Towing service involved at the site.

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