Apartment near Frankfurt goes up in flames: woman dies in fire in apartment building

A woman dies in an apartment fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt.

The fire breaks out on the ground floor of an apartment building.

• A woman dies in an apartment fire

  in

  Eschborn near Frankfurt

  .

• The

  cause of the fire

  is still unclear.

• The

  police

  estimate the damage to be at least 100,000 euros.

Eschborn -

A woman was killed in

an

fire

in the center of

on Saturday (November 14th, 2020).

At around 3:40 p.m., the

broke

on the ground floor of an apartment building.

The

is still unclear, as reported by the West Hesse police headquarters.

Fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt: woman dies on site

The elderly resident who lived alone in the apartment suffered

and died on site.

Another elderly, hearing-impaired resident of the apartment building, who lived in the apartment above, was slightly injured and had to be treated on an outpatient basis.

The other residents of the house were able to save themselves unharmed from the building.

Fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt: at least 100,000 euros in damage

Due to the

, the Eschborn thoroughfare was closed for a short time.

According to the first estimate, the damage to property is at least

, the police said.

Witnesses or whistleblowers who can provide information about the incident are asked to

the criminal police of the Main-Taunus district on

.

(tob)