Overview

• A smoke alarm in a Pieschen apartment alerted Feuerwehr Dresden on Saturday evening to a blaze started when a cosmetic mirror concentrated sunlight onto a paper calendar.
• Firefighters arrived around 19:43, quickly extinguished the flames and completed ventilation measures before departing at about 20:30.
• No one was injured and the unoccupied apartment sustained only minor damage during the incident.
• On Monday, the Dresden fire department publicly detailed the cause of the fire and advised against leaving mirrors, glass objects or other combustible items on windowsills.
• The case highlights a little-known domestic hazard of reflective surfaces and reinforces ongoing urban fire service efforts to educate residents on unconventional ignition sources.