Overview
- A child left an apartment through an open window, climbed onto the roof area and became trapped in a gutter at fourth-floor height, placing them at risk of falling.
- Firefighters positioned a turntable ladder and set up a rescue air cushion while police and rescue teams entered the attic apartment to try to reach the child from inside.
- The child was brought down via the turntable ladder and remained uninjured after the operation.
- Relatives received care from emergency medical services and psychosocial emergency teams and were taken to a Dortmund hospital as a precaution.
- Authorities called the situation particularly precarious and said the combined external ladder rescue and interior access show the value of fast, coordinated urban rescue procedures and oversight of open windows in homes.