Overview
- Drones on Monday located additional embers on Innsbruck’s Nordkette, so firefighters continued digging out and quenching hot spots with sustained helicopter support and no full “brand out” declared.
- Police say a 12-year-old reported himself and admitted lighting pyrotechnics during a family hike, which investigators state sparked the hillside blaze that burned roughly eight hectares.
- In Rotenburg (Wümme), a night fire gutted a historic multi-unit Fachwerk house, injuring five people as more than 150 responders fought the flames and searched for three residents whose whereabouts remained unclear.
- A firm complex in Mainhausen suffered an estimated €3 million in damage and was too unstable to enter; a lifeless person believed to be a 64-year-old man was seen inside, with recovery and cause investigations underway.
- In Leogang, a house was left at risk of collapse after a suspected gas-grill bottle explosion injured a 70-year-old man, while separate fires in Hennstedt and Hallbergmoos left one person dead and two with smoke injuries.