Overview
- Late Friday, flames erupted from a third-floor apartment on Wachsmuthstraße in Leipzig, triggering immediate resident rescue.
- The tenant living above reported the Leipzig fire and was brought out safely, with early information indicating a sofa burned inside the unit.
- The Leipzig blaze was extinguished shortly after 22:00, and officials initially could not confirm whether anyone was injured.
- On Saturday morning in Dürrweitzschen around 08:45, volunteer brigades from Zschoppach, Leipnitz, Kössern and Grimma quickly localized a heating-room blaze in a single-family house.
- The homeowner was treated for smoke inhalation and taken to a hospital, and Obstlandstraße was closed during the operation as police probe the cause.