Strong Winds Call for Firefighters

The weekend’s strong winds caused 194 incidents, which was taken care of by the Fire Department throughout the South Moravian region. Photo credit: HZS.

Brno, Mar 11 (BD) – Majority of the incidents were fallen trees which were blocking roads. Among the worst cases was an incident in Hustopeče, where a roof flew off a building and damaged a few parked cars.

Brno-venkov had the highest number of incidents caused by the winds at 52, whilst Břeclav had the least amount at 6 incidents.

Currently, the winds have calmed. Incidents in terms of electricity outages and traffic have been resolved, and the operations in the South Moravian region is slowly going back to normal.

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Result of the strong wind in Brno-Královo Pole. Luckily, nobody was in the car.
Source: official account of Brno’s Municipal Police.

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