Fatal apartment fire in Essen-Altenessen-fire brigade in large-scale use!

Fatal apartment fire in Essen-Altenessen-fire brigade in large-scale use!

A tragic event occurred on Wednesday evening in Essen-Altenessen. A man lost his life during a fire in Altenessener Strasse. The fire broke out in a six and a half and a need for residential and commercial buildings around 10:20 p.m., and residents alerted the fire brigade after they perceived heavy smoke and flames from the roof area. The fire brigade moved in with a large contingent, a total of 75 emergency services were used to combat the fire and prevent worse things. During the search for the fire site, the fire brigade found a fully burned -out maisonette apartment on the attic and discovered a lifeless male person whose identity still has to be clarified. The fire brigade confirmed that the man could only be determined dead.

The fire had raged through the roof structure, which led to considerable damage. In order to extinguish the flames and to prevent spreading to other apartments, the emergency services fought against fire both from the inside and outside. Parts of the roof structure had to be covered to reach embers. A major problem was the water damage caused by the fire -fighting water at the district library and a youth psychiatric advice center on the ground floor. These facilities suffered significant damage from the extinguishing work.

evacuations and emergency accommodation

Around 40 residents of the building had to leave their apartments due to the fire. The affected building was declared uninhabitable and many residents were temporarily accommodated by family and friends. The city of Essen set up emergency accommodation for 20 people. The post -extinguishing work went into the early morning, in which the fire brigade did everything they could to extinguish the last embers.

The exact cause of the fire has so far been unclear, and the criminal police have started investigations to get to the bottom. Unfortunately, there are always tragedies in Germany, and the statistics in fire protection show that fire events can have tragic consequences. According to the Feuertrutz Network , however, there is often a lack of comprehensive and uniform fire statistics that could contribute to improving fire protection. Therefore, it is important to analyze and process such incidents precisely.

Overall, it remains to be seen in which knowledge will bring the investigation into the cause of the fire and how the affected institutions and residents can deal with the consequences of this shocking event.