Solingen-Ohligs apartment fire rescue, Digi Mart USA News (Solingen-Ohligs, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany): A person was seriously injured in a severe apartment fire in the Ohligs district of Solingen overnight into Monday. Firefighters were able to pull the victim from the burning apartment on the second floor.
The alarm reached emergency crews at about 0:30 a.m. When they arrived on Kronenstraße, they found an unresponsive person.
After intensive first aid and emergency treatment on site, the rescue service took the patient, who is in critical condition, to the Städtische Klinikum Solingen hospital.
According to current findings, the person was likely alone in the apartment when the fire broke out. It remains unclear how many people are officially registered as living in the building.
According to the joint control center for Wuppertal and Solingen, an estimated 25 emergency personnel were on site. The Solingen fire department also used a drone to survey the situation above the fire scene.
Firefighting work has largely been completed, and the operation can be ended shortly. The building is currently considered uninhabitable, and the other residents are to be housed elsewhere.
No information has yet been provided on the extent of the damage or the cause of the fire; police have begun their investigation.
