An 85-year-old resident was seriously injured in a fire in an apartment building in Stralsund (Vorpommern-Rügen district) on Thursday. According to police, the fire broke out on Friday in a bedroom on the first floor. An 85-year-old resident suffered smoke inhalation and second-degree burns as a result of the fire. There was property damage of 100,000 euros.
The woman is now being treated in a clinic. Other residents did not have to be evacuated and the fire brigade was able to quickly extinguish the fire. Now the police are investigating on suspicion of negligent arson. The exact course of the fire should be clarified on Friday by the use of a fire investigator.
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