A 59-year-old could only be rescued dead from his apartment on Saturday afternoon in a fire in an apartment building in Olching.
Olching - As the police reported, neighbors noticed smoke from the house on Schwalbeneck around 1.30 p.m. and alerted the fire brigade.
When the emergency services arrived, a room in the two-story house was on fire, reports the Olching fire department.
Thick smoke came from several windows.
One person was reported missing at this time, and all other residents were able to escape from the house.
With heavy respiratory protection, the fire fighters began to extinguish the fire and looked for the missing person.
A few minutes later they found the lifeless man and retrieved him from the burning room.
According to the Olching fire brigade, the extinguishing work lasted until 6 p.m., as a large amount of fire had to be removed from the apartment and smoke developed over and over again.
According to the police, the 59-year-old's body was examined by the Munich Institute for Forensic Medicine.
So far, it has been possible to rule out external negligence in the death of the man.
The police estimate the damage to property at 75,000.
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