Brand in the Frankfurt (Oder) retirement home: Several injured and high damage!

Brand in the Frankfurt (Oder) retirement home: Several injured and high damage!

In the morning hour of June 7, 2025, a fire occurred in a senior residence in Frankfurt (Oder), which resulted in considerable damage to property and injured. According to RBB24, the fire brigade was alerted by a fire detector after several garbage cans were in flames in an underpass. The fire could only be deleted when the emergency services arrived.

In the incident, three people suffered flue gas poisoning; Two of them had to be taken to the hospital for further medical care. In total, several rooms located above the apartments were evacuated as part of the fire, since the smoke rose to the areas above.

evacuations and property damage

The situation required a quick reaction from the rescue workers. Residents of the affected residential units had to be temporarily recovered into other rooms in the facility. A total of two or three apartments are strongly sooty and for now uninhabitable. The damage to property is estimated at around 200,000 euros, which is underpinned by the incident, as [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/Feuerwehr Earthrift-brand-an-senheim-zwehte-hoher--sachschafen-13820095.html).

The exact circumstances that led to the fire of the garbage cans are so far unclear. The police started the investigation to clarify the cause.