New details on the deadly fire drama: the dead identified – they are said to have set the fire themselves
Created: 11/29/2022, 2:49 p.m
By: Wolfgang Schörner, Kathrin Hauser, Klaus-Maria Mehr
On Saturday evening Peißenberg was shaken by several explosions.
A large contingent of forces found two dead.
© Hans-Helmut Herold
A residential complex in Peißenberg was shaken by several explosions.
A large contingent of forces found two dead.
Witnesses report on the operation.
Now there are new details.
Large-scale operation in Peißenberg
: Explosion noises in a residential complex triggered a large-scale operation on Saturday evening (November 26th).
Gruesome find
: The two victims had to be identified by an autopsy.
Explosions in Peißenberg
: Witnesses report a "tinny bang"
New details on the fire drama: dead identified
Update from November 29, 2:07 p.m
.: The autopsy of the two fire victims in Peißenberg has been completed.
The police can now say without a doubt who the two dead are.
It is a 39-year-old man and a 70-year-old mother who were both residents of the apartment.
According to the current status of the investigation, the fire investigators from the Weilheim criminal police assume that the fire in the apartment was set intentionally.
Third-party participation currently appears unlikely.
The investigations by the Weilheim Criminal Police Office under the direction of the Munich II public prosecutor are ongoing.
When the emergency services arrived, the apartment on the second floor of a residential complex on Hans-Böckler-Strasse was already fully engulfed in fire.
© Hans-Helmut Herold
Two dead after fire in apartment: autopsy in progress
Update from November 28, 5:45 p.m.:
As the police announced on Monday, the autopsy of the two bodies found in a burning apartment in Peißenberg has begun.
After the conclusion of the details of the identity of the two will be announced.
For the Peißenberg fire brigade, the mission was a complicated and long one, said commander Philipp Reichhart on Monday: Already at the apartment door, the firefighters were met with "incredible heat", so that the apartment could only be entered with self-contained breathing apparatus.
The emergency services then discovered two dead people in the apartment.
The operation lasted until 4.30 a.m. - partly because during the extinguishing work it had to be ensured that the police could then secure traces.
Investigations are ongoing: mother and son are said to have lived in a 70 square meter apartment
Update from November 27, 4:57 p.m .:
How the explosions in a residential building in Peißenberg could have happened is still unclear (see initial report).
The police headquarters did not provide any information on the cause of death or the identity of the victims on Sunday.
The investigation is ongoing.
The identity is not yet clear, a forensic examination is necessary, it said.
A mother and her son are said to have lived in the almost 70 square meter apartment – but the police did not provide any information on this when asked.
Explosions in Peißenberg: Witnesses report a "tinny bang"
A young man, who was staying with his girlfriend in a neighboring house on Saturday evening, says that he suddenly heard a bang.
It sounded like something had fallen down.
The 22-year-old just happened to have his smartphone's recorder running - the recording made a bang that sounded strangely tinny.
After that, he says, there was another bang, a little quieter.
He didn't even think about explosions.
He ran out and saw fire - and the glow of flashlights in the house.
"I screamed: There are people in there." At that moment he heard the siren of the fire department.
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A couple who live in a house in the neighborhood also reported two explosions.
It was a shock for the whole family, says the family man.
After the first explosion, he told his children to leave the window immediately.
The second explosion - he estimates about ten to twenty seconds later - was not that strong.
"We didn't know what happened," he says.
He then heard people shouting that everyone should get out of the house.
It's bad, he says, that two people died.
"That's very sad."
Deadly fire in Peißenberg: large-scale operation on Saturday evening
First report from November 27, 11 a.m.:
Peißenberg – The reports of explosions were received late on Saturday evening shortly after 9 p.m.
At the control center, callers reported popping noises and firelight from an apartment on the second floor of a residential complex on Hans-Böckler-Strasse in Peißenberg.
Loud bangs and fire in Peißenberg: cause unclear, detectives determined
When firefighters and police arrived, the apartment was already engulfed in flames.
The fire brigade discovered two lifeless people during the extinguishing work in the apartment.
Any help came too late for them.
The police assume that these are the residents reported there, but the dead have yet to be identified.
Three other residents of the house came to the surrounding hospitals with suspected smoke inhalation for examination.
In addition to the three injured, the BRK looked after numerous other people on site.
Fire in a residential building in Peißenberg: damage in the high six-digit range
The damage to the house, however, is immense.
After a structural engineer examined the building, most residents were able to return to their apartments.
However, because balconies are in danger of collapsing, the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) had to take safety measures in this regard.
According to initial estimates, the material damage to the residential building with a total of 24 residential units should be at least in the high six-digit range.
The area around the fire on Hans-Böckler-Strasse had to be cordoned off for hours.
Explosion sounds probably triggered by fire gases
The Weilheim Kripo began investigating the cause of the alleged explosions and the other backgrounds that night.
The explosion noise was probably triggered by the deflagration of fire gases, said a spokesman for the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria South on Sunday morning.
"It was definitely a fire, explosion is a bit of an exaggeration."
The bodies of the two dead were secured, as was the fire apartment.
Fire investigators will continue their investigations there this Sunday.
According to the police, no statements can be made about the cause of the serious fire.
It will be determined in all directions.
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