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BackLandshut district: Resident dies in house fire in Lower Bavaria
Landshut district: Resident dies in house fire in Lower Bavaria
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Landshut district: Resident dies in house fire in Lower Bavaria

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  • A 58-year-old man died in a fire in an apartment in Ergolding, Lower Bavaria.
  • The fire department rescued him from the flames, but he died on site.
  • The roof structure and an apartment were completely on fire and the extinguishing work took all night.

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A fire broke out in an apartment in Ergolding, Lower Bavaria. The roof structure of the house and an apartment were fully engulfed in flames.

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A man died in a fire in his apartment in Ergolding, Lower Bavaria (Landshut district). Firefighters pulled the 58-year-old out of the flames that night, a police spokeswoman said. The man died on site.

The roof structure of the house and an apartment were fully engulfed in flames. The extinguishing work continued into the night. In the morning, the fire brigade was still on duty to monitor the scene of the fire due to embers. According to the police spokeswoman, information on the amount of damage and the cause of the fire was not initially available.

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  • What was the cause of the fire?
  • How much damage was caused?
  • Were there any other injuries besides the death?

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