Eschweiler
Explosion in NRW: Third-party debt not excluded
Debris on the street in Eschweiler, where people were injured, some of them life-threateningly, in a massive explosion in a residential and commercial building. photo
© Federico Gambarini/dpa
After the devastating explosion in a residential and commercial building in downtown Eschweiler near Aachen, the investigators do not rule out third-party negligence. “It is currently unclear whether there was an accident or someone else’s fault,” said a spokeswoman for the Aachen police on Friday morning. “We are investigating in all directions,” said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office in Aachen. The authorities initially did not provide any further information.
After the devastating explosion in a residential and commercial building in downtown Eschweiler near Aachen, the investigators do not rule out third-party negligence. “It is currently unclear whether there was an accident or someone else’s fault,” said a spokeswoman for the Aachen police on Friday morning. “We are investigating in all directions,” said a spokeswoman for the public prosecutor’s office in Aachen. The authorities initially did not provide any further information.
According to the police, 15 people were injured in the explosion in the four-story house on Thursday evening, two of them critically, including an infant. The police assume that the injured are residents of the house. No one is missing so far, the police spokeswoman said. Two firefighters were also slightly injured during the rescue work.
The scene of the event was cordoned off over a large area, the forensics were there. People would be questioned. The police spokeswoman assumed in the morning that the building had not yet been entered.