Overview

• The overnight blaze in Kassel’s Wesertor district rendered a multi-family building uninhabitable and prompted the city to house all 34 displaced residents in municipal shelters.
• Authorities believe the Kassel fire may have been deliberately set, with initial estimates placing property damage in the upper five- to lower six-figure euro range.
• In Zella-Mehlis, firefighters responded to an apartment fire on Bahnhofstraße that critically injured a 27-year-old man who escaped unaided and was taken to a clinic for treatment.
• The Zella-Mehlis fire caused about €50,000 in damage, and crews confirmed that adjacent units suffered no harm during the incident.
• Police have launched formal inquiries into both blazes to determine whether the Kassel fire was an act of arson and to establish the origin of the Zella-Mehlis apartment fire.