North Rhine-Westphalia: Apartment fire in Grevenbroich: Dead person found

Grevenbroich (dpa / lnw) - A person was found dead in a fire in an apartment building in Grevenbroich.

North Rhine-Westphalia: Apartment fire in Grevenbroich: Dead person found

Grevenbroich (dpa / lnw) - A person was found dead in a fire in an apartment building in Grevenbroich. Emergency services had been alerted to the fire on Friday morning, the police reported. The dead person was then found in the attic apartment of the house affected by the fire, the fire brigade said.

Gender and identity have not yet been clarified, the police said. Whether the corpse is the owner of the apartment - a 57-year-old - is still being determined. The cause of the fire is also still under investigation.

Another person was slightly injured because of the smoke gases. The residential building and a neighboring apartment building, to which the flames threatened to spread, were evacuated as a precaution.