Rescue at the last minute: Fire through forgotten candles in Viersen!

Rescue at the last minute: Fire through forgotten candles in Viersen!

Kanalstraße, 41747 Viersen, Deutschland - On January 15, 2025, the Feueren Viersen was called to an apartment fire on Kanalstrasse around 6 p.m. An attentive neighbor had noticed smoke sounds and flaming light signals from the window of an apartment on the first floor. He immediately alerted the emergency services that were quickly on hand and evacuated the other residents of the apartment building. The fire brigade quickly had the fire under control, which prevented further damage to the building. Fortunately, there were no injuries, such as both fireworld.at href = "https://rheinischer-spiegel.de/brennende-geteck--fuer-feuerwehr-Einze/"> rheinischer-spiegel.de reported.

candles forget: cause of the fire

the fire broke out when the tenant of the affected apartment before leaving forgas to blow out the candles on her Advent wreath. After several hours of the candles, they finally lit the decoration of the arrangement. The extinguishing team found the burning arrangement and brought the remains outside to prevent re -ignition. Thanks to the rapid intervention, greater damage and potentially worse consequences were averted, while the fire brigade successfully completed the operation in about half an hour and handed over the site to the police for further investigations, according to the information from . .