Overview

• The Marienkrankenhaus fire erupted on May 30 in a ground-floor geriatric ward, killing three adult patients and injuring more than 50 people, including two critically.
• Firefighters deployed over 220 personnel to rescue bedridden and immobile patients, using ladders, escape hoods and interior corridors to evacuate smoke-filled wards.
• On May 31, a single-engine plane reporting technical problems crashed into a residential house in Korschenbroich, killing the 71-year-old pilot and an 84-year-old occupant.
• Investigators are focusing on a suspected electrical fault in the Hamburg geriatric ward while the BFU examines wreckage for possible engine failure in the plane crash.
• Heavy storms overnight across Nordrhein-Westfalen flooded streets and basements, prompting hundreds of emergency calls but no reported storm-related fatalities.