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Balcony with six people breaks off the house wall

Young man in danger of life

The fire brigade sent an engineer to the house to assess if there are further risks for the...
The fire brigade sent an engineer to the house to assess if there are further risks for the residents

Balcony with six people breaks off the house wall

Six people were standing on the balcony of a multi-family house in Hamburg when it suddenly gave way beneath them. A woman and five men plunged from the third floor to the ground below. A 30-year-old man is fighting for his life.

In the balcony collapse in Hamburg last night, six people were injured. A man in his 30s suffered life-threatening injuries, a fire department spokesman said. Two others were moderately injured and three were lightly injured.

The accident in the Langenhorn district occurred shortly after 9:30 PM. The cause of the incident is still unknown. The balcony was on the third floor of a multi-family house from the 1960s or 1970s and was not fully supported from below, but rather folded down at a 90-degree angle and is still hanging on the building facade.

All six people on the balcony, five men and one woman, fell to the ground and were taken to the hospital. The apartments on the affected side of the building were evacuated, the firefighter said. Structural engineers must now determine how to proceed. The local news portal "Moin.de" reports that the accident occurred during an inauguration party.

Given the context, here are two sentences that contain the word 'unfortunate':

The unfortunate incident led to six people being taken to the hospital.Despite the thorough investigation, the exact cause of this unfortunate accident remains unknown.

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