Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - After the death of a girl in a boat fire, the public prosecutor's office brought charges against the child's father. The 40-year-old is accused of negligent homicide and negligent arson, as a spokesman for the Wiesbaden public prosecutor announced on Monday. It's a tragic accident. Intentality can be ruled out.
In March of this year, the man had refueled the boat in the Rheinhafen in Wiesbaden-Schierstein before the fire broke out and his seven-year-old daughter died in the flames. A heater caused a deflagration and the fire through contact with the fuel. The indictment accuses the 40-year-old of not having made sure that the heater was switched on.
According to the information, the man fell into the water due to the deflagration. He was unable to get back onto the burning boat and save his daughter from inside the boat. According to the information, the man had spent the night with his daughter in the self-built interior of the boat from March 5th to March 6th. Several media had previously reported on the indictment.
