Five people rescued from Berlin apartment fire after appearing at windows and balconies
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Berlin firefighters rescued five people from a Wilmersdorf apartment fire using aerial ladders after heavy smoke drove them to windows and balconies.
- One person suffered minor injuries and went to hospital, while nine others received medical care.
- Firefighters extinguished the blaze after about two hours, and its cause remained unknown.
Five people were rescued by aerial ladders after a fire broke out in a ground-floor apartment in Berlin’s Wilmersdorf district.
The residents had made themselves visible at windows and on balconies because of heavy smoke, the fire service said. One person suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital, while nine others received medical attention.
The smoke also spread through four adjoining stairwells. Firefighters extinguished the blaze after about two hours. Authorities had not yet determined what caused the fire.
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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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