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Two Separate Residential Fires in Germany Leave Buildings Uninhabitable and Injure Four

Police have opened separate investigations into both blazes.

Overview

  • In Ostfildern, a kitchen fire in a multi-family house broke out during cooking, and police are investigating on suspicion of negligent arson.
  • An 18-year-old resident in the Ostfildern building suffered smoke inhalation while trying to extinguish the flames and was taken to hospital.
  • Fire damage in Ostfildern is estimated at about €100,000, and the building was declared uninhabitable by the fire department.
  • In Altötting, a cellar fire in an asylum seeker accommodation filled the building with smoke, six people escaped, and three were treated for smoke inhalation.
  • The Altötting building is currently uninhabitable with damage estimated in the low six figures, and the criminal police are investigating the cause, which remains unclear.