Nuremberg: Eight wounded during a fire in Nuremberg – Nuremberg

The fire broke out in the room of a resident – the cause is detected
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NUREMBERG –
On Friday morning, the Nuremberg Fire Department was informed of a fire in a retirement home in Sterngbade Stern. The forces immediately moved with a larger team. Although the fire was quickly extinguished, eight people had to be hospitalized.

The sirens rang in Nuremberg shortly before 7 am Friday morning. The reason: a fire broke out in the Sterngbade Stern retirement home – several callers had informed the operations center of the smoke coming from a window. According to police, the fire occurred in a room of a resident on the second floor. The firefighters saved three people, a caregiver and two residents, from this room. The three suffered from flue gas poisoning and were transported to the hospital after being treated by the ambulance service. However, on Friday afternoon, police announced that five other residents had been injured in the fire. They were also taken to the hospital with a smoke poisoning

"The second and third floors were badly hit by the fire," said Central Franconian police spokesman Bert Rauenbusch. Especially on the second floor, thick smoke had accumulated, firefighters tried to remove it with a professional building ventilation device. However, firefighters quickly mastered the fire. During firefighting operations, staff and residents were taken to the ground floor and gathered in the local cafeteria to await further action. According to the police, residents who could not leave their room due to illness were also treated and were the subject of an investigation.

According to the spokesman, the working group organized the evacuation of buses from the public transport companies of Nuremberg. However, they were not necessary, as announced a spokesman for the Nuremberg Fire Station at noon. The evacuation of people in the "safe areas", as in the building cafeteria, was sufficient, according to firefighters. Around the workplace, there were a number of emergency vehicles from the fire brigade and rescue service, on the Klarissenplatz, to the new museum, paramedics were waiting in their ambulances. In total, about 60 firefighters and 70 relief service badistants, including four emergency doctors were on site. The police were used with several gangs, the traffic police resumed the closure of the road. At 10:45, the mission could be stopped and the last units retreated, so the fire department

Partially uninhabitable room

Despite the fire, the elderly of the house, according to firefighters, probably have not to be afraid of big spatial changes: Although there are some rooms that are no longer livable by the fire in the short term, the place at home is apparently sufficient to spread the affected residents on the spot. other floors and rooms. "Some areas and parts can be used quickly after deep cleaning," said a spokesman for the fire department.

The cause and extent of the damage is still unclear. The Kriminaldauerdienst has resumed the investigation and investigation into the cause of the fire. During the day, specialists from the specialized police station will continue the investigations.

This article was last updated at 14:46

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