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Krefeld Shop Fire Guts Ground Floor on Hochstraße After Two-and-a-Half Hours

Police have opened a cause-of-fire investigation, with crews still securing the site.

Overview

  • Firefighters reached the city-center pedestrian zone to find the store already in full blaze with heavy smoke.
  • The fire was extinguished after roughly two and a half hours, followed by prolonged cleanup operations.
  • The shop’s ground floor was completely destroyed, and adjacent apartments were being checked for possible damage.
  • Emergency services assessed six people and transported one woman to hospital.
  • The NINA warning app issued an odor alert with no health risk, the area remained cordoned off, and police began probing the origin of the blaze.