Fire in Berlin high-rise injured 5, prompted some residents to consider jumping to safety
All residents were evacuated as firefighters brought the blaze under control in under three hours, while the cause remained unknown.
- A 21-story high-rise in Berlin's Friedrichshain neighborhood caught fire early Friday near the Ostbahnhof train station, injuring an estimated five people before firefighters brought it under control.
- Flames originated in an apartment on the 11th floor and spread to the unit directly above, though the fire's cause remained unknown at the time of reporting.
- Emergency crews evacuated all residents while managing what a fire department spokesperson described as a "dramatic" rescue; one person was forced to jump into a firetruck's aerial basket.
- Firefighters brought the blaze under control in under three hours, according to German news agency dpa, though the severity of injuries was not immediately confirmed.
- With the high-rise evacuated, authorities have begun investigating the fire's origin near the Ostbahnhof, and the site remains secured as emergency personnel continue their work.
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It burns in two high-rise buildings in Berlin in the morning, and the fire brigade is moving to large-scale operations. This is what Interior Senator Spranger looks like. Six people were so badly injured at the two high-rise fires in Berlin-Friedrichshain and in the Märkisches Viertel that they came to the hospital. Among them is a firefighter, as interior senator Iris Spranger (SPD) reported. A total of 225 people had to leave their homes and w…
Fire in Berlin high-rise injures 5, prompting some to consider jumping to safety
A fire in a 21-story Berlin high-rise injured an estimated five people and made some residents consider jumping to escape the flames before it was brought under control Friday morning, local media reported.
In the morning, a fire from a balcony on the 11th floor reached the apartment in Friedrichshain. With black smoke in the back, a person was already sitting on the window sill. Apparently, there could have been a great misfortune.
Five people were injured in the fire.
Dramatic apartment fire in Berlin-Friedrichshain: Person on the 11th floor could only save himself by jumping into the rotating ladder basket.
At least five people were injured in a fire that broke out this morning in a high-rise building in Berlin, German media reported.
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