Woman dies in fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt - cause of fire still unclear

The cause of the fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt has not yet been clarified.

An 88-year-old woman was killed in the fire.

• A woman dies in

  a

  fire

  in an apartment in

  Eschborn near Frankfurt

  .

• The

  cause of the fire

  is still unclear - there is no evidence of arson.

• The

  fire department

  comments on the tragic incident on Facebook.

Update from Monday, November 16, 2020, 4:37 p.m.:

After the fire in an apartment building in

last Saturday (

), the

.

There is no evidence of deliberate arson, said a police spokesman in Wiesbaden on Monday (November 16, 2020).

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Press (@ots_polizei) November 14, 2020

The fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in the apartment of an

in Eschborn near Frankfurt.

The elderly woman died on site.

An 80-year-old was slightly injured.

The other residents were able to save themselves unscathed.

About

were on site.

The mission lasted more than four hours.

According to an initial estimate, property damage of at least

occurred

, as the police announced.

Fire in Eschborn near Frankfurt: 88-year-old woman dies in her apartment

Update from Sunday, November 15th, 2020, 9.55 a.m.:

Yesterday there was

a tragic incident

in

near

.

A woman was killed in a

in her home.

Initially, the personal details of the deceased woman had not yet been finally clarified.

Now the

that it was the 88-year-old resident of the apartment in the apartment building.

The woman lived there alone.

Around 45 firefighters fought

against the

near

, according to the

.

The mission lasted more than four hours.

The fire brigades Eschborn, Niederhöchstadt and Schwalbach were in action.

As the Eschborn fire department announced on Facebook, the woman's apartment was completely smoky.

Adjacent apartments were also checked and ventilated afterwards.

“Despite quick action, our rescue in the fully smoky apartment came too late for a resident,” the

continue

to write

on Facebook.

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

Initial report from Saturday, November 14th, 2020:

Eschborn -

A woman was killed on Saturday (November 14th, 2020) in an

fire

in the center of

.

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)