Keller Inferno in Kranzberg: Saunabrand deletes the couple heroic!

On January 10, 2025, a fire occurred in a sauna on Zeislstraße in Kranzberg, district of Freising. At 4 p.m., the residents of the affected building noticed Rauch from the basement. A couple immediately initiated their own measures and tried to extinguish the fire with water buckets.

The residents' efforts were successful; You could extinguish the burning sauna. However, both suffered minor injuries and had to be taken to the hospital in Freising for further treatment. The fire brigade and the police were alerted after the fire fighting by the residents. The exact cause of the fire is currently still unclear, the property damage is estimated in the low five-digit euro range, such as pfaffenhofen-today.de reported.

similar incidents in other cities

Apart from the fire in Kranzberg, there has been a similar incident in the sauna oven area of a public indoor pool in Innsbruck. There the fire broke out on Sunday afternoon after 2 p.m. and will probably have been caused by the heated sauna oven because the ceiling of the cabin was set on fire.

The Innsbruck fire department was alerted and moved out with three vehicles to quickly control the fire. An evacuation of the entire sauna area was necessary, but there were no injuries, the police said. The amount of property damage is still unknown at the current time, as krone.at reported.