Saxony: Woman seriously injured after jumping out of a burning building

Zwickau (dpa/sn) - In a roof fire in Zwickau, a woman jumped three meters down from a window onto an adjacent canopy and was seriously injured.

Saxony: Woman seriously injured after jumping out of a burning building

Zwickau (dpa/sn) - In a roof fire in Zwickau, a woman jumped three meters down from a window onto an adjacent canopy and was seriously injured. The 43-year-old was stuck upstairs and wanted to get away from the flames, police said on Thursday. An employee of a neighboring company brought rescue workers to the canopy with the excavator shovel of a wheel loader. There they took care of the injured woman. She was then taken to a hospital. A 40-year-old woman was unharmed.

The cause of the fire in the commercial building on Thursday afternoon is still unclear. The building is not accessible. The police are investigating the cause. Deliberate arson cannot be ruled out. The property damage caused is still unclear.