Overview
- Two people died after an overnight attic fire in a three‑storey home in St. Leon‑Rot, while four others escaped unharmed, police said.
- Investigators are working to determine the cause and confirm the identities of the deceased, with estimated building damage put at about €50,000.
- In Munich, smoke alarms prompted multiple calls about a midday kitchen fire on Tegernseer Landstraße that left one apartment uninhabitable.
- The Munich apartment’s residents were examined by emergency personnel but did not require hospitalization, and police are probing the origin of the blaze.
- In Vienna, firefighters rescued a mother and two children using escape‑filter masks during a room fire, and a separate passerby report in Munich led crews to remove and extinguish a burning Christmas display in a restaurant window.