Fire drama in Euskirchen: Keller fire ensures large -scale use!

In the night from Saturday to Sunday, January 6th, 2025, there was a larger fire service in Euskirchen in the basement of an apartment building in Wilhelmstrasse. According to Radio Euskirchen , the fire started as a mattress on flames. When the fire brigade arrived, the stairwell was already smoky. The emergency services brought the 17 residents to safety and transported two people to the hospital with suspected flue gas poisoning. Around 70 firefighters were in action to contain the fire and to be able to extract the basement, which was difficult due to the lack of openings. The basement was confiscated by the police and the causes of the fire are currently being determined.

In addition, a second incident occurred in Schleiden on Sunday evening, where two carports were on fire and cars were affected. Fortunately, the fire brigade was able to prevent the spread of the fire without being injured among the residents.

fire in Schleiden by Gasleck

In a further incident, a residential building in Schleiden district of Herhahn was set on fire in the night of Wednesday in Schleiden's Hermhahn district. Around 70 firefighters from Herhahn, Dreiborn, Schleiden, Oberhausen and Gemünd were alerted around 1 a.m. Stadt-Anzeiger . When it arrived, a garage grown to the family home burned. A 62-year-old resident had to be saved from the building and was also taken to the hospital with suspected flue gas poisoning. While the fire brigade carried out the extinguishing work, it turned out that gas was released in the basement, which led to a thoroughfish and a strong fire in the roof structure.

The extinguishing work was difficult because the water supply had to be transported from a distance of 1.5 kilometers. The house was badly damaged and is now uninhabitable. During the mission, two firefighters were injured, one suffered a cut injury, the firefighter was taken to the hospital for suspected flue gas poisoning, but was able to leave it again after a short time. The investigation into the cause of the fire is running.