Fire brigade Mönchengladbach saves residents thanks to smoke alarms!

Fire brigade Mönchengladbach saves residents thanks to smoke alarms!

Mönchengladbach, Deutschland - In Mönchengladbach, a smoke alarm has saved life! In the late evening, the firefighters were called to an apartment building, where a smoke detector raised the alarm. When it arrives, it smelled heavily of smoke in the stairwell and hallway. The emergency services quickly gained access to the affected apartment and found the resident in a smoky room.

Thanks to the rapid reaction of the fire brigade, the resident could safely be brought outside and examined medically. The reason for the smoke development was a small fire in the kitchen, which fortunately had already gone out. The fire brigade ventilated the apartment and then handed it back to the relieved residents. This incident once again illustrates the life -saving importance of functioning smoke alarms in every home!