Firemen attend the scene of a fire at a workshop for
disabled people in Titisee-Neustadt in the Black Forest
region in south west Germany. REUTERS/Kamara 24.TV
Fourteen people died today after a fire broke out in a
workshop for handicapped people in southwestern Germany, a
spokesman for the fire brigade said.
Seven people were also injured in the blaze in the small town
of Titisee-Neustadt in the Black Forest, but the death toll
is not expected to rise further, the spokesman said.
Automatic fire alarms had alerted the brigade, which had
deployed around a hundred firemen.
"The fire is under control now," the spokesman said. A police
spokesman said there were no indications that it was a case
of arson.
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