Three hurt, one seriously, in Naumburg apartment block fire
A fire swept through a multi-family building in the German town of Naumburg on Tuesday evening, leaving one resident seriously injured, police said.
A fire broke out in a multi-family apartment building in Naumburg, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, on Tuesday evening, fire crews said. Three residents were hurt, one of them seriously, and all three were taken to hospital for treatment, a police spokeswoman told broadcaster MDR Sachsen-Anhalt.
The injuries came as firefighters tackled a blaze that broke out inside the building's stairwell, according to MDR. One resident suffered serious injuries, while two others were only slightly hurt, the police spokeswoman said, without giving further details on how the three were injured or where in the building they had been at the time of the fire.
As the operation got under way, rescue workers set up a treatment tent on the street outside the building so paramedics could care for anyone hurt without having to move them far from the scene, the police spokeswoman said.
The firefighting operation left flats in the affected stairwell uninhabitable, police said. That means residents living in that part of the building could not return to their homes once the fire was put out, though it was not reported how many households were affected or where those residents were being housed instead.
The cause of the fire had not been established by Tuesday evening, the police spokeswoman said. Investigators had not yet said whether the blaze started inside an individual flat or in a communal part of the stairwell, and no timetable for determining the cause was given.
What we know
- A fire broke out in a multi-family building in Naumburg on Tuesday evening.
- One resident was seriously injured and two others were slightly hurt; all three were taken to hospital.
- Flats in the affected stairwell were made uninhabitable by the firefighting operation.
- The cause of the fire has not yet been established, police said.
Not yet confirmed
- Whether the fire started in an individual flat or a communal part of the stairwell.
- Whether police consider the fire suspicious.
Why it matters for Europe
The fire has left residents of one stairwell temporarily without their flats while investigators try to establish its cause. Treating three injured people, including one seriously hurt, required setting up a dedicated tent on the street rather than inside the building, pointing to the scale of the emergency response to what was, on current information, a single residential fire.
Saxony-Anhalt police have not said whether they consider the fire suspicious, or whether any other residents of the building, beyond those in the affected stairwell, were moved out as a precaution while firefighters worked. No injuries beyond the three confirmed by police have been reported so far, officials said.
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Questions and answers
- Where did the fire happen?
- In a multi-family apartment building in Naumburg, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
- How many people were hurt?
- Three residents were injured, one seriously and two with minor injuries, police said.
- What caused the fire?
- The cause had not been determined as of Tuesday evening, according to police.
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