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Nuremberg Apartment Fire Injures 13, Building Declared Uninhabitable

Authorities have opened a cause-of-fire inquiry with key totals still pending.

Overview

  • The blaze broke out around 1:30 a.m. in a four-story multi-family building on Fürther Straße in the Muggenhof district.
  • Firefighters rescued two people from a smoke-blocked attic apartment while other residents evacuated on their own.
  • Thirteen people were injured, including one resident with severe burns who was hospitalized and twelve with smoke inhalation.
  • About 45 firefighters, roughly 15 police officers and around 25 emergency medical personnel responded to contain the fire and assist evacuees.
  • Investigators estimate damage at several hundred thousand euros and say the house is not habitable, with the exact number of the 64 registered residents present still unconfirmed.