Overview
- Shortly after 1:30 a.m., a 67-year-old resident reported a kitchen blaze at a terraced house on Paracelsusstraße in Roth.
- First responders encountered flames and heavy smoke on the ground floor, and all occupants exited the home in time.
- Three residents were taken to hospital with suspected smoke inhalation and were described as lightly injured.
- Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire; three of four cats died, while a dog and another cat were rescued.
- The Schwabach criminal police specialist unit has assumed the investigation, and both the cause and damage estimate remain undetermined, with initial reports drawn from a police release.