Two Injured in Apartment Building Fire, 11 Homes Declared Uninhabitable
Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- A fire broke out overnight in an apartment on the first floor of a 16-unit building in Rotenburg, Germany, for unknown reasons.
- Emergency crews evacuated several residents, examined 14 people at the scene and took two to hospital.
- The fire and smoke damaged 11 apartments, leaving them uninhabitable, while 135 responders worked at the scene for about three hours.
Two people were injured and 11 apartments became uninhabitable after a fire in a multi-family building in Rotenburg, Germany.
The fire broke out overnight in an apartment on the first floor. The cause remained unknown, the fire service said.
Emergency crews brought several residents from the building's 16 apartments to safety. Medical responders examined 14 people at the scene and took two of them to hospital.
The fire and smoke damaged 11 apartments, according to the fire service. About 135 emergency personnel took part in the roughly three-hour operation.
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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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