Fire in Berlin retirement home: one dead
Created: 04/12/2022 08:19
A member of the fire brigade sprays water from a hose.
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One person died in a fire in a retirement home in Berlin-Neukölln.
A police spokesman confirmed this on Sunday morning.
Four people were injured but rescued, said a fire department spokesman on site.
The "Berliner Zeitung" had previously reported on the fatalities and injuries.
According to the fire brigade, the fire was quickly brought under control and was already extinguished in the morning.
Accordingly, the fire broke out on the third floor of the building.
More than 100 emergency services were on site or on the way to the scene of the fire, it said.
The police cordoned off the area around the retirement home.
The cause of the fire was initially unclear.
dpa
