Maintal (dpa / lhe) - A woman died in an apartment fire in the Maintal (Main-Kinzig district). Local residents noticed smoke coming from the upper floor of a family home on Saturday morning and alerted the emergency services, the police said. The fire brigade could only save the resident dead. A second resident was taken to a special clinic with burn injuries and smoke inhalation. In addition, a first responder was slightly injured when trying to get into the house. He was also taken to a hospital.
The fire could therefore be extinguished a short time later. The house is uninhabitable. The amount of damage was initially unknown. The police have taken over the investigation into the cause of the fire.
