Fire in Austria

[TravelGal]

Always hate to lose historic vehicles of any kind. :(
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/01/19/austria-alps-motorcycle-museum-fire/

[pfc_m_drake]

:(
That's terrible.
As a motorcycle rider and enthusiast, my hart breaks.

[Elmo T]

Drives me crazy. We put priceless history and irreplaceable things (people!) in these places without fire sprinkler systems. Because the sprinklers are expensive. And "we will never have a fire". I hear it over and over.

Unsprinklered Austrian Motorbike Museum Destroyed by Fire (https://www.eurosprinkler.org/unsprinklered-austrian-motorbike-museum-destroyed-by-fire/)



Austrian news outlets report that today, fire has destroyed the Top Mountain Crosspoint Motorcycle Museum in Timmelsjoch. The fire was reported at about 04:00 on 18 January. The museum was largely made of wood and was unsprinklered. Unsurprisingly, it was completely destroyed. Fortunately nobody was reported as hurt but 230 classic bikes and some cars were lost. Firefighters were able to prevent destruction of the cable car and adjacent restaurant. The museum was new, having opened in 2016.

:saywhat:

[nrc]

Wow! And that article you linked points out that an unsprinkled motorcycle museum in the UK was mostly destroyed by fire in 2003. I'm going to go ahead and say that motorcycle enthusiasts just aren't great at risk assessment.

But seriously, I thought Euro-land was the great, enlightened, city upon a hill. No requirement for public buildings to have sprinkler systems?