Severely Injured Person Rescued from Apartment Fire in Kreuzberg

At 21:56 on Saturday evening (1 November), Berlin's fire department was alerted to an apartment fire on Baerwaldstraße in Kreuzberg. More than 60 firefighting personnel attended the scene. Crews had to work through dense smoke and found the rooms of the apartment extremely cluttered, making their way through the building more difficult. Inside, they located a severely injured person, who was rescued and taken to hospital for further treatment. The cause of the fire was initially unclear.