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Alarm in Dresden: Two fires and mysterious arson!
On June 25, 2025, there was a fire in an apartment building in Dresden-Johannstadt, possibly caused by arson.
Alarm in Dresden: Two fires and mysterious arson!
On Tuesday, June 25, 2025, two fires caused a stir in Dresden, keeping both the fire brigade and the police on tenterhooks. The first fire occurred in the morning in an empty building in Dresden-Niedersedlitz, where rubbish in the elevator shaft burst into flames. Fortunately, no one was injured and the exact amount of property damage caused remains unclear for the time being. According to t-online.de the investigation into the cause of the fire is still ongoing.
The second fire on Florin-Geyer-Straße in Johannstadt occurred on Tuesday evening around 10:25 p.m. Unknown people deliberately set fire to rubbish in the basement of an apartment building. A dense smoke quickly emerged from the building's main entrance, which the fire department found when they arrived. A 37-year-old tenant suffered an injury while trying to put out the fire herself and had to be taken to hospital with suspected smoke inhalation. When the rescue workers arrived, they had to use breathing apparatus to get into the basement entrance to fight the flames that were already coming out of an open basement door. These details are reported by, among others, [tag24.de](https://www.tag24.de/dresden/feuerwehrsatz-dresden/brandstiftung-in-dresdner-hochhaus- Dicher-rauch-dringt-aus-aufnahme-3397731).
Alarming conditions
The fire brigade was on site with a large number of emergency services, a total of around 40 people from various fire and rescue stations as well as the Johannstadt rescue station. The smoke spread quickly and entered neighboring apartments through open windows. The emergency services immediately carried out ventilation measures to clear the smoke and enable residents to return. Despite the dramatic situation, three other people who were examined by the emergency services fortunately remained in good health.
The police fire investigators are already active at the scene of the fire on Wednesday to clarify the background. In both cases arson is assumed, but there is currently no statement about a possible connection between the two incidents. The police are continuing to investigate. The importance of precise data on the causes of fires is illustrated by a statistical overview from FeuerTrutz, which shows that there is a lack of comprehensive and uniform fire statistics for Germany, which is important for improving fire protection.
In a city like Dresden, where the safety of residents is a top priority, such incidents should not be taken lightly. The investigation is being carried out at full speed in order to hold the perpetrators accountable.