Flame inferno in Solingen's old building: three dead, one missing. Nine people were taken to hospitals with serious injuries.
The fire probably broke out on the first floor of the approximately 100-year-old house with wooden ceilings and a wooden staircase and spread rapidly. In the morning, around 120 emergency services had the fire under control, but extinguishing work was still ongoing. The house was massively destroyed in the fire and the stairwell partially collapsed. It is suspected that the dead were members of a family.