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Three fires keep Burgenland crews busy overnight

Monday 12th October 2026 on 07:30 in Austria

Burgenland, emergency services, fires

Three fires broke out in Burgenland from Sunday evening into Monday morning, with no injuries reported, ORF reported. A garage burned in Mattersburg, a sauna in Purbach in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district and a barn in Tauchen in the Oberwart district.

The garage in Mattersburg caught fire on Sunday evening for an unknown reason. Two fire brigades responded with eight vehicles, alongside emergency medical services and police. The fire was declared out after about an hour and a half.

Two fire brigades with six vehicles were called to the sauna fire in Purbach on Sunday evening. Emergency medical services and police also attended. The response ended shortly before 10pm. The cause of the fire was not known.

A barn in Tauchen caught fire at about 4am on Monday for an unknown reason. Four nearby fire brigades responded, along with a first responder and emergency medical services. The state security centre said nobody was injured in any of the three fires.

Source 
(via ORF)