Stade - Half a million in property damage after fire in apartment building
A fire in an apartment building in Harsefeld (Stade district) caused property damage of around 500,000 euros early on Sunday morning. Nobody was injured in the fire, as the police explained on Sunday. It was initially unclear how the fire was able to break out in the first floor apartment.
The residents of the apartment were not at home at the time of the fire. Due to the heavy smoke, the remaining apartments in the apartment building were evacuated. All four apartments are now no longer habitable. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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The fire incident occurred on a Sunday in Harsefeld, which is situated in the Stade district of Lower Saxony. The material damage resulting from the fire is estimated to be around half a million euros. The local police are still investigating the cause of the fire, which started in a first-floor apartment and spread to three other apartments, leaving them all uninhabitable due to smoke damage.
Source: www.stern.de
