Austrian Parliament building on fire

  05 November 2016    Read: 1288
Austrian Parliament building on fire
The roof of Austria`s parliament building in Vienna caught fire on Friday morning but the blaze was quickly extinguished and damage was limited, a spokesman for the Vienna fire brigade said.
It was reported that no one was injured, the causes of the incident were being investigated, Reuters reported.

The fire brigade was notified around 6.30 a.m. that smoke and flames were rising from the roof of the neo-classical building in central Vienna.

“Because we were on site so quickly and with so many forces we were able to extinguish the fire very quickly,” the spokesman said, adding that 17 vehicles had been deployed.

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