Overview
- Fire ignited around 00:25 in a cellar room of a multi-family building on Meißnerstraße, producing heavy smoke.
- The Kassel fire brigade evacuated all residents and brought them to safety before extinguishing the blaze.
- Thirteen people suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospitals for initial treatment.
- Police cite substantial property damage, estimating losses between €50,000 and €80,000.
- Three separate, smaller fires were reported elsewhere in Kassel overnight—in Mombachstraße, an underground garage beneath the Philipp-Scheidemann-Haus, and Holländische Straße—with no injuries.