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Two seriously injured as fire breaks out in Berlin retirement home

Following the rescue, the fire brigade tried to resuscitate the victims, as they were thought to be suffering from smoke inhalation.

• March 27, 2023
Fire fighters at retirement home in Berlin's Neu Hohenschönhausen
Fire fighters at retirement home in Berlin’s Neu Hohenschönhausen [Credit: Paul Zinken/dpa]

Two residents were seriously injured when a fire broke out in a retirement home in Berlin’s Neu Hohenschönhausen district on Monday morning, police said.

The fire brigade rescued the people from the room and started to resuscitate them, the police spokesperson said.

They were thought to be suffering from smoke inhalation.

Fire crews put out the blaze in the home in the eastern part of the city.

The fire broke out in a room on the second floor of a residential building.

The fire brigade received the alert at 9:28 a.m., and some 100 firefighters headed to the scene.

(dpa/NAN) 

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