Fire in residential and commercial building in Dotzheimer Straße
In the night from Shrove Saturday to Sunday, at around 02:20, the central control center of the Wiesbaden fire department received several emergency calls about a fire in a residential and commercial building in Dotzheimer Straße. The professional and volunteer fire departments and the rescue service were alerted immediately.
When the fire department arrived, a full fire in a restaurant on the first floor was confirmed. There were several people in the apartments above who were in danger from the rising smoke. Thanks to the rapid and professional intervention of the fire department, all those affected could be rescued safely via structural escape routes. Fortunately, no one was injured.
It was possible to prevent the fire from spreading to the floors above. The fire was quickly brought under control.
The operation was successfully concluded after around three hours. A total of 48 members of the professional and volunteer fire departments and the Wiesbaden rescue service were deployed.
Dotzheimer Straße was fully closed during the fire-fighting operation.
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The publisher of this press release is the fire department of the state capital Wiesbaden.