Overview
- The fire broke out Sunday in a residential building in Niederottendorf in the Neustadt area, and the sole resident escaped without injury.
- Police said the house burned down and is uninhabitable, with earlier reports describing a destroyed roof and severe water damage.
- Authorities had warned residents in Niederottendorf, Oberottendorf and Berthelsdorf to keep windows closed and switch off ventilation systems.
- About 80 firefighters responded to the scene, and sections of Bischofswerdaer Straße were closed into the evening.
- The cause remains undetermined, and a fire-cause investigator will enter the site once it is safe.