Emergencies: Explosion in Eschweiler: the city took care of 18 neighbors

After the explosion in a residential and commercial building in Eschweiler near Aachen, the city administration took care of 18 neighbors during the night.

Emergencies: Explosion in Eschweiler: the city took care of 18 neighbors

After the explosion in a residential and commercial building in Eschweiler near Aachen, the city administration took care of 18 neighbors during the night. A city spokesman said on Friday that they had to leave their homes because, for example, bedroom windows had been destroyed by the blast.

They were cared for in a nearby parish hall by employees of the social welfare office. They later stayed with friends and relatives. They would not have been able to return to their homes until morning.

The spokesman could not say how many of the 15 injured residents of the affected house were still being treated in the hospital in the morning. According to earlier information from the night, two of them were in danger of life, including an infant. Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries while fighting the blaze.

According to the spokesman, the pedestrian zone in front of the house was completely blocked off in the morning for a length of around 150 meters. He estimated the number of houses damaged by the explosion at around 20. Numerous shop windows had been destroyed and some of the windows on the floor above. The house where the explosion occurred was severely damaged by the ensuing fire. A back building was completely burned out. There was a clothing store on the first floor.

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