Berlin apartment fire leaves one person seriously injured in Kreuzberg
More than 60 firefighters tackled a blaze in a cluttered flat on Baerwaldstrasse on Saturday night and rescued one seriously injured resident.
Firefighters rescued a seriously injured person from a burning flat in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on Saturday night, a fire brigade spokesman said. The person was taken to hospital for further treatment that evening, after local newspaper B.Z. had first reported on the blaze.
The fire brigade was alerted at 21:56 and sent more than 60 personnel to Baerwaldstrasse, the spokesman said. Thick smoke was pouring out of the flat when crews arrived, and they had to fight their way through it to find the seriously injured person inside rooms that were extremely cluttered with belongings.
It was not immediately clear how the fire started, the spokesman said, and the cause remained under investigation.
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What we know
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 A fire broke out in a flat on Baerwaldstrasse in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on Saturday night.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 Firefighters rescued one person with serious injuries and took them to hospital.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 More than 60 fire brigade personnel responded after being alerted at 21:56.
- 2+ outlets · Zeit Online, Tagesspiegel +1 The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
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Firefighters said the extremely cluttered rooms and thick smoke slowed their search before they could reach the injured resident, the kind of hazard that can turn a routine flat fire into a much harder rescue for crews working inside.
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Questions and answers
- What happened in Kreuzberg?
- A fire broke out in a flat on Baerwaldstrasse on Saturday night, and firefighters rescued one person with serious injuries.
- How many firefighters responded?
- More than 60 fire brigade personnel were sent to the scene, a spokesman said.
- What caused the fire?
- The cause was not immediately clear, the fire brigade said.
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