On the night of Monday, November 9, a major fire broke out on Stavbárska Street in the Vrakuňa district (Bratislava). Six cars were destroyed in a local parking lot, three of them completely. Preliminary damages are estimated at over 40,000 euros.
Several fire and police crews arrived at the scene. Rescuers wearing self-contained breathing apparatus extinguished the flames using two fire hoses and then inspected the site with a thermal imaging camera. Fortunately, no one was injured. One of the damaged cars turned out to be a hybrid, so it was placed in a special mobile container. Such containers are used for the safe transport of electric vehicles and hybrids, whose batteries can catch fire again.
According to Michal Seiff, a spokesperson for the Bratislava police, the investigator has not ruled out arson. Suspicions are heightened by the fact that Stavbárska Street, known for the “Pentagon” building, has a reputation as a high-crime area. According to Slovak media reports, the owner of one of the burned-out cars stated that he believes the fire was a deliberate attack.
Currently, officers from the Bratislava II District Police Department are investigating the exact causes and circumstances of the fire. If you witness an emergency, please remember the important emergency service phone numbers. The Kanal1 portal has published more details about the incident.
