Kassel (dpa/lhe) – In an apartment fire in Kassel, a deflagration threw a window out of an apartment. The fire probably started on Thursday morning from an Advent arrangement, as a police spokesman in Kassel announced on Thursday. According to the information, a bottle of lighter fluid exploded during the fire, causing damage to the window. It is now necessary to determine exactly how this ignited. One person was in shock, they said.

According to the fire brigade, three first responders from a neighboring company had already put out the fire with fire extinguishers when the fire brigade arrived. At the time of the explosion, no one was in the apartment. Neighbors from the upper floors were not endangered, it said.