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One dead body discovered after fire in apartment building

One person has died in a fire in an apartment building in Hanover. The person was already dead when the fire department arrived, a fire department spokesperson said on Monday. Another person was rescued from the apartment on the second floor by the emergency services and was taken to hospital....

A member of the fire department extinguishing a fire. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
A member of the fire department extinguishing a fire. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Hanover - One dead body discovered after fire in apartment building

One person has died in a fire in an apartment building in Hanover. The person was already dead when the fire department arrived, said a fire department spokesperson on Monday. Another person was rescued from the apartment on the second floor by the emergency services and was taken to hospital. The fire department spokesman did not provide any information on the age or gender of the two people in the apartment. The police have launched an investigation, he said. The cause of the fire on Monday afternoon also remained unclear at first.

Around 60 firefighters were involved in the extinguishing work in the Nordstadt district. They also rescued a cat from the apartment. According to the fire department, the fire did not spread inside the house, but there was a lot of smoke inside the burning apartment. The extent of the fire damage was not initially known.

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The fire in Hanover's apartment building remains under investigation by the police, as the cause is still unknown. This incident marks one of the many fires that have occurred recently, adding to the growing list of such accidents in Lower Saxony. The fire department, along with the police, will be working diligently to determine the origin of the apartment fire.

Source: www.stern.de

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