Gelsenkirchen: Fire drama at Schalke! Two people die in flames

Inferno of flames in Gelsenkirchen! On the night of Wednesday (September 18th) at around 2:12 a.m., the fire department received an emergency call. An apartment building in Schalke is on fire!

When the emergency services arrived in front of the smoke-filled house, there was a suspicion that two residents might still be in the apartment on the upper floor. Unfortunately, this turned out to be true. Only a woman and a man could be rescued completely from the apartment in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke, the fire department reported.

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Gelsenkirchen: Resuscitation measures remain unsuccessful

A resident of the apartment building alerted the fire department in the early hours of Wednesday morning because more and more smoke was coming out of an apartment. The emergency services were quickly able to find the cause: an apartment on the upper floor was on fire!

The apartment building was evacuated immediately. Since the smoke had not yet spread to the stairwell, the firefighters were able to quickly gain access to the burning apartment in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke. They then made an ominous discovery in the bedroom: a man and a woman were lying unconscious in the room. They rescued both people from the burning apartment.

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However, immediate resuscitation measures were unsuccessful. The emergency doctor could only confirm the death of both residents.

Police have launched an investigation

The fire in the apartment was completely extinguished in the early hours of Wednesday morning. At around 3:30 a.m., the remaining residents of the apartment building were able to return to their apartments.

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It is still unclear how the devastating fire in Gelsenkirchen-Schalke could have started. The police have begun investigating the cause of the fire.