Overview

• A fire broke out early Monday morning in the common room of a ground-floor supervised living facility on Scharnhorststraße, triggering a smoke detector at 2:30 a.m.
• Two residents, aged 73 and 77, were found deceased during firefighting efforts, while three others suffered smoke inhalation and required hospitalization.
• The hospitalized individuals included an 89-year-old woman who remains admitted and two men, aged 78 and 84, who were treated outpatient.
• All remaining residents were safely evacuated without injuries, and road closures around the site have since been lifted following emergency response operations.
• The Landeskriminalamt’s arson commission is investigating the incident as a case of suspected negligent arson, with no suspects identified at this time.