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Suspected burning cigarette triggers apartment fire

Presumably a burning cigarette caused a house fire in the Hohenfelde district of Hamburg on Tuesday night. When the emergency services arrived at the one-bedroom apartment, they found a burning bed, according to a police spokesperson. The occupant of the apartment was taken to hospital with...

The blue light shines on the roof of a fire engine. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
The blue light shines on the roof of a fire engine. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Hamburger-Hohenfelde - Suspected burning cigarette triggers apartment fire

Presumably a burning cigarette caused a house fire in the Hohenfelde district of Hamburg on Tuesday night. When the emergency services arrived at the one-room apartment, they found a burning bed, according to a police spokesperson. The occupant of the apartment was taken to hospital with minor burns and suspected smoke inhalation as a precaution. It is being investigated whether the man may have been smoking in bed. Due to the extinguishing water, both the apartment on fire and the apartment below are temporarily uninhabitable. The media had previously reported.

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The fire in Hohenfelde district of Hamburg was reportedly triggered by a cigarette in an apartment. This incident took place in the same district where the Hohenfelde district court is located. Despite the smoke inhalation, the apartment fire did not spread to other buildings in the district, such as the Hohenfelde library.

Source: www.stern.de

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