Saxony: 79-year-old seriously injured in an apartment fire in Ostrava

Ostrau (dpa / sn) - A 79-year-old was seriously injured in a fire in an apartment building in Ostrau (Middle Saxony district). The fire broke out on Tuesday evening in the man's ground floor apartment on Ernst-Thälmann-Strasse, the police said on Wednesday. According to this, a technical defect in an electrical appliance could be the cause of the fire in the apartment. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire and prevent the flames from spreading to other apartments in the apartment building. The extent of the property damage was initially unclear, according to the police.