Overview
- A fire broke out in a resident’s room at the DRK nursing home on Dahlhauser Straße and three care workers rescued the 84‑year‑old from the burning room.
- Rescue personnel had to perform on‑site resuscitation and the 84‑year‑old was transported to hospital for further treatment.
- Professional and volunteer fire crews deployed multiple teams under breathing apparatus, kept the affected room door closed to limit smoke spread, and used coordinated tactics to extinguish the fire.
- Ten patient rooms were evacuated because of heavy smoke, nine residents were temporarily relocated by a German Red Cross unit to a care home in Altenessen, and triage found adjacent residents and the rescuing staff uninjured.
- The criminal police have opened an investigation into the cause of the blaze, and the affected rooms remain uninhabitable while authorities determine what started the fire.