Great fire in Lasbek: single -family house burns to the foundations!

in Lasbek, in the Stormarn district, an older family home and the residents living in it were damaged by a large fire on January 3. According to NDR , a burning fir tree in the living room of the house was probably the starting point of the fire, which is discovered around 8 p.m. was.

In the fire, the two residents, a 59-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman, were brought to the hospital and had to be released later. The fire brigade was deployed with more than 90 emergency services from four volunteer fire brigades - Lasbek, Pölitz, Bad Oldesloe and Eichede. Already when the fire brigade arrived, the flames hit the living room window.

damage and auxiliary measures

The fire quickly spread to the attic, which means that an internal attack was not possible. The fire brigade had to extinguish from the outside and used water from numerous jet pipes. In order to get to the fire nests, the roof had to be torn down with an excavator. The fire brigade reported “fire” at around 2:30 a.m., with a fire guard staying on site until early morning. The property damage is around 200,000 euros and the house is uninhabitable.

The municipality of Lasbek has initiated a fundraising campaign to help the affected residents. Information on the donation campaign is available on the municipality's website, such as Shz reported. The criminal police have taken over the investigation into the cause of the fire.