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Nighttime Tübingen Apartment Fire Injures 4, Leaves 9 Homes Uninhabitable

Investigators are probing the cause of the attic blaze.

Overview

  • Fire broke out overnight in a top-floor flat of a multi-family building in Tübingen, according to police.
  • A 65-year-old man was rescued from the attic with severe burns, while three others were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
  • All residents were evacuated from the building, with some brought down by turntable ladder.
  • Roughly 100 firefighters and medics responded, and the blaze was extinguished by Monday morning.
  • Damage is estimated at about €150,000, and authorities have not said when displaced tenants can return or where they are being housed.