Austria's Hallstatt hit by major fire

Post by **lee greagsbey** » Mon Dec 02, 2019 6:02 pm

"Austria's Hallstatt hit by major fire"

The ancestral home of the Iron age, I believe...

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.dw.c ... a-51483844

Post by **Old Git John** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:59 am

How very sad, our thoughts will be with them.

Post by **Dendro_Tom** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:48 am

I went there three times for work associated with cross dating tree rings in the salt mines above the town which are a well preserved early bronze age site.

Post by **dig-it-pete** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:38 am

Yes what devastation - I do not really understand why these wooden buildings do not have an automatic water sprinkler system fitted. It is the same with old buildings over here?

Post by **Dendro_Tom** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:27 pm

The foundations of these wooden buildings are in a large lake - risk of flood may be greater than that of fire.

Post by **lee greagsbey** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:32 pm

DT, it sounds like you have had a interesting career? I bet you've many a interesting story to tell..

Austria's Hallstatt hit by major fire

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