Kitchen fire in Offenburg: Fire brigade saves residents from smoke poisoning!

Kitchen fire in Offenburg: Fire brigade saves residents from smoke poisoning!

in Offenburg on Tuesday evening, March 11, 2025, a fire broke out in a kitchen of an apartment building in the Hildboltsweier district. The Offenburg fire brigade was quickly alerted and had to increase the alarm level immediately when the emergency services sent more than 50 firefighters on the way to the fire town with 15 vehicles. The first reports showed that flames and dense smoke hit the fried kitchen window. Fortunately, the resident was able to leave the apartment independently, but was hospitalized for suspected smoke poisoning. The fire brigade, with several respiratory protection teams, steered the extinguishing measures and brought the fire under control after a short time, which meant that the other apartments were not damaged. The estimated amount of damage lies in the six-figure area, such as fireworld.at reported.

already, on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023, several apartments occurred in Offenburg and the neighboring Kehl, which led to a massive alarm by the fire brigade. There was a fire in the ground floor apartment in Kehl, in which thick swaths of smoke and flames slapped out of the windows. The collected emergency services were able to prevent worse things; Fortunately, there were no injuries. The estimated property damage amounts to around 250,000 euros. In Offenburg, especially in the Kreuzschlag residential area, the residents were bothered by similar incidents in the weeks before, including two other fires in the Dachsweg and in Altenburger Allee, such as