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Multiple House Fires in Austria and Southern Germany Leave Several Injured and Homes Uninhabitable

Police have opened investigations into the causes of the blazes.

Overview

  • In Geislingen, a multi-family house fire left three people aged 19, 29 and 31 injured, with two hospitalized for suspected smoke inhalation.
  • Firefighters evacuated a young woman by ladder from the second floor as others escaped on their own, and damage is estimated at at least €400,000 with the building currently uninhabitable.
  • In Talheim near Heilbronn, a roof fire in a three-family house caused about €250,000 in damage and left the property only partially usable, with three people suffering smoke inhalation.
  • Roughly 120 responders from several brigades contained the Talheim blaze before it spread, according to police.
  • In Frankenburg am Hausruck, Austria, ten fire brigades tackled a wooden house fire and a 41-year-old resident was taken to a Vöcklabruck hospital for suspected smoke inhalation.