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