Overview

• Fire broke out around 4:55 p.m. Wednesday in a room of a top-floor apartment in a 21-storey building in Alt-Friedrichsfelde, Lichtenberg.
• Crews found one person in a life-threatening condition, provided immediate care on scene, and transported the patient to hospital with an emergency doctor.
• Four additional residents from the affected floor were evacuated via the stairwell and assessed on the ground floor.
• The flames were extinguished, and the fire service reported a triage designation of Sichtungskategorie Rot during the response.
• Police have opened an investigation into the cause, and authorities have not released further details.