Firefighters prevent fire – polluter in psychiatry

Lower Saxony and Bremen
Firefighters prevent fire – polluter in psychiatry

3/29/2022 8:33 am

Lüchow (dpa / lni) – The fire brigade prevented a fire in an apartment building in Lüchow by intervening quickly. A resident set his apartment on fire Monday night and then left him, police said Tuesday. According to the information, the 27-year-old was later admitted to a psychiatric ward.

According to initial investigations, the man had set fire to a sheet spread over a chair. He was found at the scene by police; the criminal investigation against him is ongoing. More than 110 firefighters were reportedly deployed. Thus, they prevented further damage and, as a precautionary measure, brought other residents of the house to safety.