An entire residential complex is on fire in Essen at the moment. It is not yet known if there are any injuries or deaths.
Update from February 21, 7:53 a.m .: According to the WDR, the fire brigade in Essen speaks of an “unprecedented fire”. Accordingly, 50 residential units on four floors and a total of around 100 people are affected.
The fire “spread very quickly,” said Christoph Risse, a spokesman for the Essen fire department. When we arrived we heard a lot of smoke alarms. Many people were quickly taken out of the building. However, it is still unclear whether all residents could be evacuated in time. The spokesman confirmed only three injured people who suffered from smoke inhalation.
First report from February 21: Essen – This early Monday morning, a complete residential complex is on fire in the Westviertel in Essen. “All available professional fire brigades were alerted,” said a spokesman for the fire brigade of the German Press Agency. The fire could not be brought under control.
Essen: Residential complex is on fire – fire brigade in large-scale operation
As a spokesman for the police* said, the fire object is an L-shaped building complex. For reasons that have not yet been explained, the buildings caught fire one after the other. The houses were evacuated. The residents were housed in a nearby university lecture hall. It is not yet known whether there are injuries or deaths.
As the fire brigade announced on Twitter, the extinguishing work will result in obstructions in rush-hour traffic. Segerothstrasse and Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse in Essen are completely closed. According to the information, a warning was also sent via the “NINA” warning app. The western quarter borders directly on the core of the city in North Rhine-Westphalia*.
The WAZ recently reported on a series of fires in the city. There were three fires within a week in the Elting district north of the city center.
In Munich, a warehouse fire* recently called for the fire brigade. (ph with dpa) *Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
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