Fire brigade drives blocked: Responsibility of the vehicle owners and possible consequences after a fatal high -rise fire

Fire brigade drives blocked: Responsibility of the vehicle owners and possible consequences after a fatal high -rise fire

by Matthias Lukaschewitsch

The fire brigade may have lost valuable minutes during the fatal high -rise fire on Lindenstrasse. The reason: The fire brigade drives had blocked two private vehicles and hindered the emergency vehicles. What threatens the vehicle owners now?

The drama on Friday: Flames flames from the apartment on the 12th floor of the high -rise building, everywhere. The two residents try to save themselves on the balcony. But the biting smoke takes the air to breathe. Before the fire brigade can set up its jump cushion, the woman (22) jumps into death. A few minutes later the man (45) falls into depth.

could they have been saved if the fire brigade had not been blocked? Unclear. However, it is clear that if you disregard the absolute ban on holding in a fire brigade access and park your vehicle in front of or in a fire brigade access.

police officers and employees from the regulatory office are entitled to have unauthorized vehicles laid down before a fire brigade access. The vehicle owner must then also pay the towing costs.

If you stop before entering a fire brigade, there is a risk of warning money between 20 and 35 euros. Anyone who parks there pays 55 euros according to the catalog of fines. If rescue workers are hindered, 100 euros are due and a point in Flensburg.

whether criminal proceedings are also threatened if the people have endangered human lives, "that depends on the individual case," as a police spokesman said.

Fire brigade spokesman Kevin Bartke said that the fire brigade can clear the entrances in emergency situations. "For this purpose, the armor vehicles have so -called car gliders with which the vehicles can be raised and pushed aside." He emphasized: "Of course that also costs time and binds strength for the moment."

The question of whether the false parkers who hinder an emergency vehicle also threaten criminal proceedings also left unanswered. "That is a matter for the police or the judiciary."

The Berlin specialist lawyer for traffic law Alexander Pabst (52) considers criminal proceedings for negligent killing "in principle possible." However, the drivers can be accused of “no intent”.

would be possible to investigate negligent killing - however, the police and the public prosecutor would have to prove a "complete causality" between false parking, delay and death of the two residents. "I think that's difficult."