Overview

• In Stuttgart-Weilimdorf, a blaze ignited Tuesday afternoon on a fifth-floor balcony on Mittenfeldstraße and spread to two other balconies as well as a fourth-floor apartment and the attic.
• Firefighters advanced via the stairwell under breathing protection and attacked from outside with a ladder to stop extension and ventilate the building.
• All residents in Stuttgart evacuated safely with no reported injuries, and crews rescued a cat from a burned apartment and returned it to its owner.
• In Hamburg-Jenfeld, a kitchen fire reported at 19:05 on Elfsaal injured three people, including a 28-year-old found unconscious with life-threatening smoke inhalation.
• The Hamburg blaze was extinguished in about an hour, and the causes of both fires remain undetermined as authorities conduct inquiries.