Negligent arson - Apartment fire in Frankfurt
New investigations by the police suggest that the man who died in a residential fire in Frankfurt on Monday may have caused it himself. The police suspect that the fire was started negligently. The man is likely to have fallen asleep with a lit cigarette, a spokesperson stated on Tuesday. It is also assumed that the deceased was the owner of the apartment. These findings have not been definitively confirmed yet.
The fire department had reported on Monday that a man had died in a residential fire in Idsteiner Straße in the morning. 24 firefighting forces were therefore on site, but they could not save the man, who was still in the ground floor apartment. The investigations are ongoing.
OTS Fire Department
The man's death in the apartment fire on Idsteiner Straße, Frankfurt, could potentially be an arson case as per the police's ongoing investigation. The police suspect the fire was started due to negligence, possibly from a lit cigarette. The deceased was the owner of the apartment and the fire department tried to extinguish the fire, but could not save him. Hesse's fire department was present with 24 firefighting forces.
