On Tuesday, February 16, a fire broke out in a sauna in a Munich student residence hall.
A 23-year-old is in mortal danger.
Update from February 16, 3:04 p.m
.: Two people were critically injured in a fire in a Munich student dormitory.
The condition of a 23-year-old is particularly critical, the police and fire brigade announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Munich: Fire in the sauna of the student residence - 23-year-olds in mortal danger
After the accident, a fire brigade spokesman assumed the student had died in the morning.
The fire brigade initially stated her age as 20.
The police later said that she was still alive from a medical point of view, but that her life was in acute danger.
According to the fire department, the young woman had suffered severe smoke inhalation.
A 28-year-old resident was also initially in mortal danger.
According to the police, at least one other resident was also slightly injured.
The fire department had spoken of three other students with minor injuries.
Update from February 16, 2:13 p.m.:
In the case of the fire in a Munich student residence, the fire brigade corrected its information.
Accordingly, there was no death to complain about.
The woman's age is also wrong, she is 23 years old.
The woman is currently in acute danger of death.
More information will follow shortly.
Update from February 16, 11:01 a.m.:
The Munich fire brigade has now given more details about the fire in the Munich student dormitory.
Accordingly, the fire occurred around half past three in the night.
The fire cut off the residents' escape routes, according to the fire brigade.
The strong smoke development moved up both the stairwell and the facade.
Together with additional forces, the crews of three fire brigades from the professional fire brigade and the Freimann, Oberföhring and Stadtmitte departments of the Munich Fire Department took numerous respiratory protective devices in parallel to fighting the fire and rescuing people in the building.
Of those rescued, around three, some seriously injured, had to be cared for by medical personnel and 25 had to be looked after in the fire brigade's large / rescue bus, the fire brigade announced.
Munich: fire in student dormitory - 23-year-olds in mortal danger
The fire brigade asked residents standing on the balconies to remain in their apartments and to close the windows (motif 1).
All apartments were checked by the emergency services. After about 45 minutes, the fire in the sauna area was extinguished.
Post-extinguishing, ventilation and security work dragged on for a long time.
Due to the large number of emergency vehicles, Ungererstraße had to be closed in both directions for about 1 1/2 hours.
First report from February 16, 2021
Munich - A fire broke out in the student dormitory on Christoph-Probst-Straße in Munich * on Tuesday, February 16.
The fire had broken out in the sauna in the basement of the dormitory, which burned out completely.
A person is in mortal danger
Munich: Sauna fire in student dormitory -
The Munich fire brigade * had to save several people from the basement, others were able to free themselves.
It was not initially clear how many students were present in the dormitory at the time of the fire.
The fire brigade looked after 25 according to its own information. According to the police, 185 people are registered in the dormitory.
The cause of fire was unclear for the moment.
The fire brigade will inform about the fire at a press conference from 12 noon.
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