Great fire in Hirschberg: Two residents flee from flames!

Great fire in Hirschberg: Two residents flee from flames!

In the night of Sunday, June 21, 2025, a devastating fire in a residential building on Lessingstrasse in Hirschberg a. d. Bergstrasse-Großsachsen caused excitement. At 9:40 p.m., the Hirschberg volunteer fire brigade was alerted by a worried neighbor and quickly moved in. What was initially reported as a room fire developed into a massive building fire, which suffered the entire residential building, such as Heidelberg24 reported.

in the house were an 81-year-old and her 50-year-old son, who luckily noticed the fire at an early stage. Both tried to extinguish the fire themselves, but quickly it became clear to them that this was not possible. They fled out of the building as they left the thick smoke behind. As a precaution, the 50-year-old was brought to a clinic with suspected slight flue gas poisoning, while his mother was unharmed. According to rnz.de Collection point can be accommodated.

Fire brigade use and the cause of the fire

The extinguishing team had to fight with considerable smoke and flames that were visible from the roof area. Things that stacked in the attic made access to the herds of fire. The fire brigade was able to control the fire after over an hour. Around 15 respiratory protection teams were active in the internal attack, supported by the Technical Relief Agency (THW) and the German Red Cross (DRK) Hirschberg, which had set up a catering office at the primary school.

Although the fire brigade was able to prevent the flames from spreading to adjacent neighboring buildings, the semi -detached house in which the fire broke out remains uninhabitable. However, the cause of the fire is currently unclear and is examined by the Weinheim police station. The property damage amounts to an estimated 80,000 euros, reported Feuertrutz.de that also indicate that there is no uniform fire statistics in Germany, which makes prevention more difficult.

The quick reaction of fire brigade and emergency services has prevented worse and once again shows the importance of a well -organized emergency reaction among the population. In such cases, the residents rely on the support of the emergency services who provide fire fighting with a good knack.