Overview
- The single-family home in Jessenitz, a district of Lübtheen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, burned completely and firefighters found human remains during the response.
- Reports differ on whether rescuers recovered one or two bodies, and formal identification has not yet been completed.
- Police say two women lived in the house and they have not determined the cause of the fire.
- Emergency crews continued operations to extinguish smoldering hotspots and used an excavator to pull down walls so investigators could access the rubble.
- Local authorities secured the scene for forensic work and the investigation will include a fire-cause specialist to examine evidence and complete identification.