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Man and dog die in the flames - police comment on the cause of the fire

2020-10-21T13:24:51.320Z


A man was killed in a house fire in Steinau an der Straße near Hanau. The probable cause of the fire has now been determined.


A man was killed in a house fire in Steinau an der Straße near Hanau.

The probable cause of the fire has now been determined.

  • In

    Steinau

    near Hanau there is a

    fire

    .

  • A

    man

    and his

    dog

    were killed in the fire.

  • The police now commented on the cause of the fire.

Update from Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 2:54 p.m.:

After the fatal

fire

in a single-family house in

Steinau an der Straße

near

Hanau,

there is now new information about the

cause of the fire

.

The police assume there is a technical defect in the kitchen.

To clarify, the scene of the fire will be examined by specialists from the State Criminal Police Office on Thursday, said a police spokesman in Offenbach on Wednesday.

The investigators estimate the damage to be around 60,000 euros.

The 84-year-old resident, a dog and two turkeys died in

the

fire near Hanau

.

Hanau / Steinau: Man and dog die in the flames - first indications of the cause of the fire

Update from Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 1:27 p.m.:

A man and three animals died on Tuesday night in a

fire

in a residential building in

Steinau an der Straße

near

Hanau

.

The 84-year-old was found dead by the police, said a police spokesman.

The

man's

dog also

died in the

fire

.

In addition, there were two turkeys in the house in

Steinau an der Straße

near

Hanau

.

The

police

couldn't say

why they were there

.

According to initial findings, the fire had broken out in the kitchen of the house.

The cause of the fire is currently still being investigated, said a police spokesman.

The police must first wait until the scene of the fire has cooled down and the smoke gases have disappeared.

The house was

"uninhabitable"

after the

fire

, said the spokesman.

House fire: man dies with his dog in the flames

First report from Tuesday, October 20, 2020:

Hanau / Steinau an der Straße - A man died on Tuesday night (

October 20, 2020

) in an

apartment fire near Hanau

.

His

dog

was also a victim of the flames.

As the police report,

after initial findings

, the

fire

broke out

on

the ground floor of the residential building in

Steinau an der Straße

, about 40 kilometers from

Hanau

.

Neighbors then

alerted

the

fire department

.

The emergency services could no longer save the 84-year-old resident of the house.

They found him and his dog dead in the house.

Near Hanau: Fire in Steinau an der Straße - man and his dog are killed

According to initial findings, the property damage is estimated at around 60,000 euros.

How the

fire near Hanau

came

about

and when exactly it broke out is still unclear.

(Marcel Richters and Sarah Neumeyer with dpa)

In another fire, the roof structure of a house in Hanau was on fire.

The fire brigade and rescue workers were on site with a large number.

The extinguishing work turned out to be complicated.

Source: merkur

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