A house explosion and a car accident in Upper Bavaria, a dead woman, a dead man – and an apartment fire in Saxony. A mysterious series of incidents puzzles the police.
Rohrbach an der Ilm – After the house explosion in Rohrbach an der Ilm in Upper Bavaria with a dead woman and the following accidental death of a man, a DNA comparison should soon clarify his identity.
“The identification is in progress. We hope that we will get a result soon, ”said police spokesman Karl Höpfl on Monday in Ingolstadt. This is expected until the middle of the week.
On Thursday, a 54-year-old woman was killed in the explosion of a semi-detached house in Rohrbach an der Ilm (Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm district). Shortly after the explosion, a car sped into an oncoming truck in Schrobenhausen, 30 kilometers away. The car was registered to the address of the collapsed house – the driver was burned beyond recognition. Therefore, the body could not be identified during the autopsy. It is believed that it is the 55-year-old husband of the woman killed, who has been missing since the house exploded. The couple lived on the first floor of the house.
The fire in an empty apartment in the Saxon town of Lugau is also puzzling – also on Thursday at lunchtime. This belonged to the couple. Investigators suspect that the three dramatic events are related, but how it is is still unclear.
Arson investigation
The Chemnitz public prosecutor did not provide any information on Monday about possible ignition devices or the like in the apartment in Lugau. “It is still to be clarified to what extent the deceased in Bavaria is likely to be responsible for the apartment fire,” said a spokeswoman for the authority. Is being investigated here for arson.
In Rohrbach, the cause of the explosion is still unclear. “It was probably a gas explosion,” said police spokesman Höpfl. But: “You can’t say exactly how the explosion came about.” There was gas heating in the house. In addition, gas bottles were found in the house and in the accident vehicle.
There are relatives of the couple with whom one is in contact. The police did not confirm speculations about a possible relationship act. At the moment, traces are still being evaluated, said Höpfl. An expert from the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) was called in to clarify the cause of the explosion.
For hours on Thursday and Friday, the emergency services cleared rubble and debris to recover the corpse of the woman and the family dog. The adjacent semi-detached house was also badly damaged and had to be demolished in the meantime. The two residents were slightly injured. Three people who lived on the first floor of the collapsed house were unharmed – they were not at home at the time of the explosion. dpa
