Overview
- A chicken coop in Markt Bibart caught fire on Sunday morning and the flames spread to the roof of an adjacent residential house.
- Around 50 firefighters responded and quickly brought the blaze under control using C-lines and an attic team that searched for remaining hotspots.
- No people were reported injured in the incident, but police confirmed 16 animals died as a result of the fire.
- The damaged house was declared uninhabitable and initial estimates put the cost of the damage at roughly €200,000.
- Kripo Ansbach has opened a criminal investigation into the origin of the fire and officials stress that cause and final damage figures remain preliminary.