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Berlin Firefighters Rescue Woman and Baby by Ladder in Reinickendorf Apartment Fire

Police have opened a cause-of-fire inquiry following medical checks that found the rescued woman and baby unharmed.

Overview

  • A blaze erupted around 3:36 p.m. Tuesday in a second-floor apartment on Residenzstraße, where burning furnishings produced heavy smoke.
  • With the stairwell impassable, crews used a 30-meter turntable ladder to evacuate the pair from the floor above.
  • Firefighters extinguished the fire, ventilated and inspected the remaining apartments, and had the scene under control by about 4:30 p.m.
  • Emergency medics examined the woman and infant and reported both were uninjured and did not require hospital treatment.
  • About 30 responders took part in the operation, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.