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Kriebstein Dairy Storage Hall Fire Extinguished as Probe Begins

Limited hydrants forced crews to ferry water with a tractor-supported shuttle.

Overview

  • The blaze broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in a storage hall at a milk-cattle operation in Grünlichtenberg.
  • Initial reports point to a parked feed mixer igniting inside the hall, though the exact cause remains undetermined.
  • About 60 firefighters from Kriebstein, Böhrigen/Börichen and Waldheim responded with roughly a dozen vehicles.
  • Crews used foam to suppress flames that had spread to stored materials, bringing the fire under control.
  • No animals or civilians were hurt, one firefighter suffered a minor foot injury, and the scale of damage is still being assessed.