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Search for Missing 9-Year-Old Continues After Pinneberg House Fire

Investigators will rely on aerial and technical tools due to the building’s instability.

Overview

  • Authorities believe the child remains in the destroyed upper apartment, and officials say the chance of finding her alive is very low.
  • Because of acute collapse danger, investigators are working from a turntable ladder and may use a drone with support from the THW.
  • Police now report the father is seriously injured, while the mother and 14-year-old son have lighter injuries after neighbors helped them escape.
  • Roughly 120 personnel from fire, medical, DRK, THW and police responded, a rescue helicopter was requested, and crews extinguished recurring hotspots overnight.
  • Initial estimates put damage at at least €500,000, and the cause is still unknown after flames engulfed the first floor and roof around 23:00.