- Car fire spreads to apartment building
Twelve residents of a house in Stuttgart managed to escape to safety after a burning car triggered a facade fire. A resident suffered a fainting spell and required outpatient treatment, according to a spokesperson for the fire department. Additionally, they had been searching for a bedridden person in the house. After finding this person in the part of the building unaffected by the fire, the emergency services attended to them in their apartment.
The burning car had been parked in an open garage beneath the house. The fire spread to another car and the facade. Heat from the fire destroyed windows on the first floor, allowing the fire to spread to the apartment. Heat also destroyed a window on the second floor, allowing smoke to enter. Both apartments were rendered uninhabitable. The four residents are now staying with relatives or in temporary accommodation provided by the city.
The fire also damaged the neighboring building. A fire spread was prevented. The cause of the fire was initially unclear, and no damage estimate was available.
The burning car in the garage below the house was responsible for the car fire. The spread of the fire to another car and the facade then resulted in a car fire.
