Fire department Essen: Kellerbrand in an institution for supervised living - triggering the fire alarm system prevents worse - Gelsenkirchen

Essen-Stopenberg, On Sunday morning of April 6, 2025, the fire department Essen was alerted at 10:21 a.m. by triggering the automatic fire alarm system to the men's dormitory Stoppenberg. When the first operatives arrived on site, they noticed a smoke generation from the building, so that the report was confirmed as a real fire event. After a first exploration, the fire stove was located in the basement of the home facility.