A woman was killed in a fire in a residential facility in Ramersdorf-Perlach.
The rescue workers had to provide medical care to a total of 18 people.
A fire broke out in a nursing home in Munich * on Wednesday evening (December 23).
A resident was killed.
Volunteers and the Munich fire brigade were deployed with 50 people.
Munich - The fire in a
retirement home in Ramersdorf-Perlach had
a tragic outcome on Wednesday evening, reports the Munich fire department.
Any help came too late for one resident.
She died in her room.
Around 10.45 p.m., a nurse noticed a strong build-up of smoke on the second floor of the residential facility and reacted perfectly.
He dialed
911
and smashed the fire alarm glass to warn all residents.
The professional fire brigade and volunteer fire brigade
immediately rushed to the nursing home on Lorenz-Hagen-Weg with full equipment.
Fire in Munich: the fire brigade enters the building immediately - but too late for a resident
Because of the
heavy smoke development
, the rescue workers went into the building immediately.
And started looking for people in the burning wing of the building.
At the same time, the unit in front of the house started the extinguishing work.
Unfortunately, one resident could not be rescued from the smoke.
The emergency services found her dead in her room.
One person had to be freed from the house using the turntable ladder.
A total of
18 people
required medical care and some had to be supplied with oxygen.
Coronavirus problem makes it difficult to care for victims in the event of fire: residents are treated separately
The fire operation was a great challenge for the emergency services not only because of the fire, as the fire brigade reports.
Several residents of the retirement home had tested positive for the
corona virus
*.
In close cooperation with the nursing staff, the residents were separated and looked after depending on the test results.
The authority points out that the rescue workers are always equipped with
FFP2 masks *
and that they wear them as standard.
If you are equipped with respiratory protection, this is of course not necessary.
About
50 people from
the volunteers and the professional fire brigade were on duty.
The exact cause of the fire is currently being determined by the responsible police department *.
* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen editorial network.
