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Dog switches on stove, filling home with smoke in Bavaria
🇩🇪 Germany /Disasters & Emergencies

Dog switches on stove, filling home with smoke in Bavaria

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • A dog apparently turned on a stove in Pleß, Bavaria, after jumping onto it during the night.
  • A muffin tin on the hotplate caused heavy smoke, but no open fire developed.
  • A mother and her three children had left the building, and about 50 firefighters responded.

A dog caused a late-night emergency in the Bavarian village of Pleß after apparently jumping onto a stove and switching on a hotplate beneath a muffin tin.

Police said the incident produced heavy smoke and prompted a call to emergency services. An open fire did not develop, and no one was injured.

The mother and her three children who lived in the building had already left by the time firefighters arrived. Around 50 firefighters from nearby stations responded, while the property suffered only minor damage.

According to current information, the family dog jumped onto the stove during the night and switched on a hotplate as a result.

— PolicePolice described how the dog apparently caused the smoke incident.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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