Overview
- Authorities say the Thursday night blaze affected apartments and a Rewe supermarket, a pharmacy and a pet food store on Reichenbacherstraße, prompting a power shutdown after heavy smoke.
- Police reported the flames were extinguished quickly as residents were evacuated and later allowed to return, and one person sustained light smoke inhalation.
- Initial estimates put total losses at about €1.1 million, including €60,000 in structural damage and major losses from sooted goods and interrupted cooling chains in the shops.
- Fire department logs show the alarm came at 23:14 and the operation ended at 01:43, with officials noting the alarm followed the outbreak by roughly an hour and a half.
- The Rewe branch remains closed and the complex is currently without electricity, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.