Overview
- Shortly after 8 p.m., a fire erupted in a patient room at the Domicil facility on Oberschleems in Billstedt.
- Roughly 70 responders were dispatched after the automatic fire alarm and staff alerts escalated the call to a large-scale operation.
- Firefighters rescued two residents—one via aerial ladder from the room and another via the stairwell—before quickly extinguishing the third-floor blaze.
- Eight other residents on the same floor were evacuated safely and were reported uninjured by officials.
- Police have taken over the investigation into the origin of the fire, and local coverage notes the facility experienced a power outage last Saturday.