Fire department operation - 58-year-old seriously injured in fire in apartment building
A 58-year-old man has been seriously injured in a fire in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. A fire commissioner's office is investigating on suspicion of negligent arson, as the police announced on Monday.
The resident of an apartment building had called the emergency services on New Year's Eve because he noticed the smoke alarm as well as the smell of burning and smoke in the stairwell. The fire department extinguished the fire in an apartment and the 58-year-old tenant was found unconscious in the stairwell. Rescue workers took him to hospital with smoke inhalation for inpatient treatment.
Three other residents, including a 101-year-old woman, were treated on site for suspected smoke inhalation.
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The fire department operation in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg was triggered by a resident who noticed smoke and the smell of burning. The fire department operation involved extinguishing a fire in an apartment and rescuing a 58-year-old tenant who was found unconscious due to smoke inhalation, suspected to be a result of negligent arson under investigation by the fire commissioner's office and police.
Source: www.stern.de
