Overview
- Firefighters reported a ground-floor apartment in Betzdorf fully ablaze around 20:00, sending heavy smoke through a multi-family house.
- Several residents in Betzdorf required medical treatment for smoke exposure, and adjacent buildings sustained damage according to the fire service.
- Police said the Betzdorf apartment’s resident was first reported missing and was later found without injuries.
- In Asperg, authorities evacuated a multi-family house after a suspected Verpuffung that produced thick smoke but apparently no open flames.
- Police reported no injuries in the Asperg incident, noted that ten residents are registered in the building, and said the cause and total damage in both cases remain unclear.