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Girl missing after devastating fire in Pinneberg!
A major fire occurred in Pinneberg; A nine-year-old girl is missing while several injured people are being treated in hospitals.
Girl missing after devastating fire in Pinneberg!
A major fire caused great horror late on Monday evening in a two-family house in Pinneberg, not far from Hamburg. Three people were injured in the devastating fire, some seriously, including the parents of a nine-year-old girl who has been missing since then. The fire department assumes that the child could still be in the ruins of the fire. The search for the girl was temporarily stopped during the night because the building was considered to be in danger of collapsing due to its wooden ceilings and hollow walls. “The situation is very serious and we hope that we will find the girl soon,” said a fire department spokesman. According to ndr.de, the operations will continue on Tuesday morning.
The fire department was alerted shortly before 11 p.m. When they arrived, flames were already coming out of the windows on the first floor and the roof of the house. An internal attack had to be avoided due to the massive fire spread. The burning wooden structures encouraged the rapid spread of the fire, which is why the emergency services were only able to extinguish the fire from the outside. A 76-year-old resident of the ground floor was lucky to escape uninjured, while the parents (42 and 40 years old) and the 14-year-old brother of the missing girl were taken to hospitals with injuries. “The parents' injuries are sometimes life-threatening,” says a report from t-online.de.
The search for the missing girl
The deployment of over 120 helpers from the fire department, rescue service, THW and police is an impressive sign of cohesion in the community, which pulls together in such crisis situations. Emergency chaplains are available to care for both relatives and emergency responders who have to deal with the emotional strain of such an operation. The girl's relatives are waiting for news in great uncertainty as the emergency services continue to work on the ruins of the fire.
The exact reason for the fire is still unclear and is being investigated by investigators. At the same time, the extent of the damage is obviously serious, as the building is completely burned out. Here, the analysis of fire causes, as provided by FeuerTrutz, among others, could be helpful in order to better prevent such incidents in the future.
The situation in Pinneberg highlights the often dramatic dangers that fires can pose. A look at statistics shows that fires continue to represent a major fire protection challenge. A comprehensive awareness of prevention and hazard avoidance is essential to prevent such accidents. The collection of data about the causes and consequences of fire could certainly lead to improvements in fire protection.
The coming hours are crucial, and the hope remains that the nine-year-old girl can be rescued from the rubble in time. The community in Pinneberg stands together and the emergency services are doing everything they can to bring the girl back safely.