Overview
- In Giengen-Hohenmemmingen, a fire in a multi-family house was reported around 9:50 a.m., and firefighters later found a woman dead in an apartment.
- Police say the victim is likely the 84-year-old resident who lived alone, while other occupants were uninjured.
- Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the Giengen fire or whether the woman died as a result of it, and the Kriminalpolizei in Heidenheim is taking over.
- In Nordhausen, relatives raised the alarm on New Year’s Day after a 68-year-old stopped answering calls, and firefighters discovered her lifeless in a smoke-filled single-family home on Paul-Urban-Straße.
- The Nordhausen inquiry is proceeding in all directions, with both the fire’s origin and the cause of death still unresolved.