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Police Probe Suspected Negligent Arson After Sauerlach Kitchen Fire Injures Three

Investigators say the blaze likely started during cooking.

Overview

  • Police said the fire broke out around 4 p.m. Wednesday in the kitchen of an apartment within a multi-family building in Sauerlach.
  • Three residents were inside at the time: a 27-year-old Algerian woman, a 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman, and a 26-year-old Indian woman.
  • A neighbor rushed in with a fire extinguisher before the fire brigade arrived and put out the blaze.
  • Two residents were transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation, and a neighbor also suffered smoke-related injuries.
  • Kommissariat 13 has taken over the case, investigating the 27-year-old resident on suspicion of negligent arson, with damage estimated at several thousand euros.