Children involved in Branddrama: Investigations against three young people

Investigations against three children after fire in an empty building in Leuben; Significant property damage and suspicion of vandalism.
Investigations against three children after fire in an empty building in Leuben; Significant property damage and suspicion of vandalism. (Symbolbild/MD)

Children involved in Branddrama: Investigations against three young people

Leuben, Deutschland - in Dresden there are currently high waves due to two fire events that have caused a sensation in the past few months. While a fire in the former domicile of the state operetta is now investigating three children, a tragic fire in a high -rise building in Johannstadt raises questions about the safety of older people.

On Friday evening, a fire broke out in the empty building of the Dresden State Operetta, which has found a new home in the Mitte power plant since 2016. According to FAZ there is suspicion that the children, two girls and a boy at the age of eleven and twelve years, caused the fire by inflaming paper in the building. The detective work of the investigators has intensified through witness surveys and secured video material. However, no further details about the crime scene are published for reasons of minor protection. Tragically, the fire led to the full burning of the city building, with the auditorium collapsing. The estimated property damage is in the six to seven-digit range.

fire in the high -rise: tragic fate of a couple

A few months earlier, on February 17, 2025, there was another fire in a high -rise in the Johannstadt district, which cost two people. This was an 87-year-old woman and her husband of the same age who lived on the eleventh floor. As reported MDR, the fire brigade was alerted to the use when a large column of smoke from the apartment was visible. Despite attempts at resuscitation near the site, the two seniors later died in the hospital. A 78-year-old woman from the apartment underneath also had to be taken to the hospital. The exact cause of the fire is currently being clarified, the investigation into negligent arson.

The evacuation of the entire house was necessary to ensure the safety of the remaining residents. Around 40 people were looked after on a bus, while the damage disposal in the affected housing levels is expected to take six months. These tragic incidents recall the worrying statistics that seniors have twice as high in dying in apartments, such as IFS

The events impressively show how important it is to avoid fires and take suitable measures of fire prevention. It remains to be hoped that both the investigation into leuben and the processing of tragic arson in Johannstadt will help prevent such incidents in the future.

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