In the southern part of Nuremberg there was a gas explosion in an apartment.
There were four injured.
The building has since been declared no longer habitable.
Update from March 27, 8:45 p.m.:
In a press report on the gas explosion in the south of Nuremberg, the Middle Franconia police confirmed that there were four injured.
The resident of the affected apartment was seriously injured in the explosion.
An officer standing outside the front door when the explosion occurred was hit by splinters and slightly injured.
Two other residents of the house suffered a blast trauma.
The rest of the 29 residents were able to leave the building unharmed.
They were taken care of in a VAG bus nearby.
The explosion caused massive damage to the building, the police continue to write.
A structural engineer then examined the house and concluded that it was no longer habitable.
Most of the residents were able to stay with friends or relatives for the time being.
Emergency shelters were provided for the remaining people.
The specialist commissioner of the Nuremberg criminal police is now taking on further investigations.
Several people injured after a gas explosion in Nuremberg
Update from March 27th, 6.30 p.m.:
According to unconfirmed information from the news portal
News5
, the gas explosion was a suicide attempt.
The police press spokeswoman Janine Mendel is quoted as follows.
The resident of the apartment on Wiesenstrasse turned to a friend with suicidal thoughts.
He wrote to him that he had already turned on the gas in his apartment.
A police patrol immediately rushed to the scene.
When the officers stood in front of the door, there was an explosion.
A law enforcement officer was slightly injured.
The man was thrown out of the window in the incident.
Whether he jumped himself or whether it was the force of the explosion has not yet been clarified.
He was then taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The Nuremberg fire brigade * is on site with around 40 emergency services, she writes on Twitter.
According to her, there were a total of four injured, one of them seriously.
In general, we do not report suicides so that such cases do not encourage potential copycats. Reporting will only take place if the circumstances receive special public attention. If you or someone you know suffers from an existential life crisis or depression, please contact the telephone counseling on: 0800-1110111. Help is also available from the Psychiatry Crisis Service for Munich and Upper Bavaria on 0180-6553000. You can find more information on the website www.krisendienst-psychiatrie.de/.
After gas explosion in Nuremberg: police are looking for witnesses
Update from March 27, 6:06 p.m.:
The situation on site in Wiesenstrasse still seems opaque to the police.
She has now asked all witnesses of the explosion on Twitter to meet at the Wiesenstrasse / corner Gugelstrasse collection point.
Above all, she asks the residents of the affected house to come over there and make a statement.
She has not yet given any information about possible injuries or the exact extent of the damage.
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Apparently there was a gas explosion on the first floor of an apartment building in the south of Nuremberg.
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First report from March 27, 5.45 p.m.
Nuremberg - In the southern part of Nuremberg there was a serious gas explosion according to initial findings by the Middle Franconia police *
Apparently a gas pipe exploded in an apartment on Wiesenstrasse.
According to initial unconfirmed information, several people are said to be seriously injured.
Further information is not yet known.
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