Fire in Meiningen heating room injures one person

A fire in the heating room of a residential building in Meiningen injured one person on Tuesday evening, ORF reported. Residents noticed heavy smoke coming from the basement at about 9.45 p.m.

Firefighters from Meiningen and Rankweil found the blaze in the heating room and an adjoining wood store. Several crews wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire and searched the smoke-filled building for other people.

Emergency services took one person to Feldkirch State Hospital. Firefighters used water from the nearby Güfels fish pond and ventilators to clear smoke from the house. The building remains habitable, but its heating system is out of use.