Overview
- Fire crews extinguished a large blaze in a Lasbek semi‑detached house after the roof and upper floor caught fire, leaving the top level heavily damaged.
- Multiple local fire brigades fought the Lasbek fire and declared it out after hours of work, and police report no residents were injured there.
- In a separate Itzehoe house fire, the resident suffered minor hand burns and one firefighter was treated for circulatory problems at hospital.
- Preliminary damage estimates place losses at about €300,000 in Lasbek and €50,000 in Itzehoe, and officials stressed these figures are first estimates.
- The Kriminalpolizei has opened a probe into the Lasbek blaze to determine origin and spread, and investigators say a burning curtain likely started the Itzehoe fire.