Great fire in Baden-Baden: Fire brigade fights against flames in clinic!

Great fire in Baden-Baden: Fire brigade fights against flames in clinic!

On Sunday evening, December 8, 2024, a fire broke out in the psychiatric specialist clinic Gunzenbachhof in Baden-Baden, which led to a large-scale use of the fire brigade. A short time after the alarm, the emergency services moved in to control the situation after another major fire in the city was reported, such as the BNN reported. The patients had to be evacuated from the clinic and were brought to urban buses while the fire brigade deleted the fire. The exact circumstances of the fire and possible injuries were still uncertain at that time.

evacuation and quick reaction

The affected clinic, which is responsible for the psychiatric standard care of the region, is housed in a listed building. There are 68 fully inpatient beds as well as places for a day clinic and a psychiatric institute's outpatient clinic, as can be read on the website of the clinic Median Kliniken . This facility provides mentally ill adults who need continuous therapy and offers 24-hour psychiatric emergency care. The quick evacuation of the patients and the comprehensive measures of the fire brigade show how important the safety precautions in such sensitive institutions are.

The situation on site was initially cordoned off, while the criminal police and fire brigade examine the causes of the fire. Such incidents often raise questions about security in psychiatric institutions, and the rapid action of the fire brigade was praised to minimize possible dangers for the patients.