A deafening bang, then a semi-detached house collapses after an explosion. Now the police are checking whether there is a connection with a fatal accident.
At least two people were injured in the explosion of a single-family house in Rohrbach an der Ilm in Upper Bavaria (Pfaffenhofen district). Two more have been missing so far, said a spokesman for the integrated control center in Ingolstadt on Thursday. The family house collapsed after the explosion and started to burn. The police confirmed the information in the afternoon.
The house explosion also tore away the wall to an adjacent semi-detached house. Both of their residents were slightly injured. According to the police, five people were reported in the collapsed house. For three of them it is known where they are. Two people were initially missing on Thursday. It is unclear whether they were in the house at the time of the explosion or not, said a police spokeswoman.
The fire brigade moved out with a large contingent in the 6000-inhabitant town of Rohrbach an der Ilm. It is located about 30 kilometers from Ingolstadt. All the flames were still not extinguished by evening. Fire and smoke made the search for the missing persons difficult. “The scene of the fire is still very hot,” said the police spokeswoman, which is why it was partially inaccessible. An excavator cleared rubble aside so that the emergency services could search the scene of the accident with twelve dogs.
The explosion had been reported to the police on Thursday at around 12.40 p.m., the criminal police started the investigation that afternoon. The police are currently investigating a connection to a fatal car accident in the region, which also occurred at lunchtime. A vehicle ran into oncoming traffic on federal highway 300.
According to a police spokesman, the owner of the car was reported in the house where the explosion occurred. However, the body burned beyond recognition in the accident on Thursday afternoon, so that the investigators do not yet know who died in the car accident. First of all reported Danube Courier.