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Apartment fire: Neighbor saves children from burning apartment

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In Weingarten (Ravensburg district), a neighbor saved two children from a burning apartment. The nine and 13 year old children were home alone when the fire broke out on Saturday night police announced. According to a police spokesman, it is still being determined where the parents were during this time. The neighbor lives above the family and was alerted to the fire by the smell of smoke.

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According to the fire brigade’s initial findings, the fire was caused by a defect in a power distribution box in a bathroom, it was said. The police have now taken over further investigations into this.

According to the police, no one was injured due to the neighbor’s quick intervention. The damage was initially estimated at around 100,000 euros. Since the ground floor apartment is currently uninhabitable, the family has stayed in a hotel. According to a police spokesman, it remained unclear whether the parents would be investigated for violating their duty of supervision.

In Weingarten (Ravensburg district), a neighbor saved two children from a burning apartment. The nine and 13 year old children were home alone when the fire broke out on Saturday night police announced. According to a police spokesman, it is still being determined where the parents were during this time. The neighbor lives above the family and was alerted to the fire by the smell of smoke.

According to the fire brigade’s initial findings, the fire was caused by a defect in a power distribution box in a bathroom, it was said. The police have now taken over further investigations into this.

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