Front door catches fire on the eighth floor of an apartment building on Derék Street in Debrecen

Firefighters were called to a fire early Wednesday morning on Derék Street in Debrecen. Flames broke out in front of an apartment’s entrance door on the eighth floor of a residential building.

According to our information, advertising leaflets may have caught fire in front of the door. Firefighters arrived at the scene in large numbers, but the people already there had extinguished the flames before their arrival.

Lieutenant Nóra Papp-Kunkli, spokesperson for the Hajdú-Bihar County Disaster Management Directorate, confirmed in response to our inquiry that Debrecen’s professional firefighters had been alerted to the incident in the early hours of the morning. According to her, no firefighting was necessary by the time the crews arrived, and the unit carried out an on-site inspection instead.

The exact circumstances of how the fire started are still under investigation. Police officers also attended the scene.

According to our information, one person was taken to hospital by ambulance following the fire on suspicion of smoke inhalation.