Wismar (dpa / mv) – In an apartment fire in Wismar, an apartment building in the old town was significantly damaged. The property damage caused by the flames in the building is around one million euros, the police said on Sunday. The residents had evacuated the building before emergency services arrived, so no one was injured. The house is no longer habitable and the people living there first have to find somewhere else to live.
The apartment on the second floor caught fire on Sunday night. However, early on Saturday evening, the emergency services were called to the same house because of smoke on the ground floor and extinguished a fire there. The fire from the night was only completely extinguished on Sunday morning. The cause of the fire initially remained unclear. The police are investigating on suspicion of arson.