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Fatal Top-Floor Fire in Essen-Altenessen Forces Mass Evacuation

Authorities are probing the origins of the late-night blaze that rendered a mixed-use building uninhabitable

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Overview

  • The fire broke out at 10:20 p.m. on July 2 in a top-floor maisonette of a large residential and commercial building on Altenessener Straße
  • Feuerwehr Essen confirmed one man died in the blaze, with his identity not yet released
  • Kriminalpolizei Essen has opened formal investigations into the fire’s cause, which remains undetermined
  • Technisches Hilfswerk engineers declared the structure unsafe, leading to the evacuation of 40 residents and emergency housing for 20
  • Water and smoke from firefighting severely damaged a youth psychiatric counseling center and the Altenessen district library, suspending their operations