Bulky waste fire in Ludwigshafen high-rise leads to evacuation and rescue

Parts of the building were evacuated following a bulky waste fire in a high-rise building in Ludwigshafen. The fire department said a resident was rescued from a heavily smoke-filled apartment. Window panes in adjacent apartments of the house in the Mitte district were broken. One apartment is currently uninhabitable. The police are investigating the cause of the fire.

According to the fire brigade, 50 people, including eight children, were looked after by emergency services. Several residents were examined by emergency doctors and rescue services, but did not have to be taken to hospital, it said. The site was therefore largely closed to traffic.