Overview
- In Rochlitz late Wednesday, firefighters and residents rescued a 63-year-old with severe injuries before later recovering a body from the burned house.
- Police say neighboring buildings in the tightly built Fischergasse remained habitable, and the street stayed closed as teams worked the scene.
- The Technisches Hilfswerk and an external expert assessed the building’s stability, enabling entry, and a Chemnitz criminal-police fire-cause investigator was assigned.
- In Drübeck early Wednesday, a smoke detector woke the resident, a neighbor assisted the escape, and the resident was treated at a hospital for minor injuries.
- Harz police seized the Drübeck scene and currently consider a technical defect the likely cause, with reported property damage estimated at about €80,000.