Drama in Bottrop: Fire brigade saves residents from burning basement!

Drama in Bottrop: Fire brigade saves residents from burning basement!

In the early morning, the Bottrop fire brigade reported a serious fire in an apartment building in Fuhlenbrock. A laundry dryer in the basement had caught fire, which led too strong smoke in the stairwell and the adjacent apartments. In the courageous attempt to extinguish the fire independently, two residents, at the age of 57 and 73, inhale the dangerous flue gases and then had to be transported to the hospital with an ambulance.

The fire brigade was able to intervene quickly, extinguished the fire and ensured that the smoky rooms were ventilated. After two hours the operation was over and the emergency services were able to move away. The dangerous incidents in Bottrop continue after a dead woman was found on Sunday after another apartment fire as reports www.radioemscherlippe.de .