Pigeon poop locks 200 people in German parking garage overnight
Bird droppings caused a weird tech failure at Stuttgart underground parking leaving hundreds trapped for hours. Fire-fighters had to break in after midnight to free angry drivers
In a peculiar turn-of-events last night in Stuttgart‚ bird-droppings created an unexpected night-time adventure for about 200 car-owners
The trouble started when corrosive pigeon waste short-circuited a control-box at the parking facility; triggering alarms and locking everyone inside. The system glitch caused a double-problem - it locked the exit gate and didnt send alerts to emergency services
Abdullah Koteiche (a local car dealer) got stuck after visiting a nearby bar: “When we paid for our parking ticket the alarm went off“. The situation got worse because nobody could reach the person with the spare-key
The fire-fighters finally showed up around 3am (two hours after the first calls) and had to force their way through the security gate to free trapped drivers. One lady was so mad she demanded free life-time parking as compensation for her troubles‚
In a similar mix-up just last month‚ a new high-tech fire station in western Germany burned down because it wasnt technically required to have fire alarms - the building was listed as an equipment center
Its a nightmare for a firefighter‚ No one wants to have to extinguish his own fire station
