New Year's Eve in Rhineland-Palatinate: Fire, injured and Böller accidents!

During New Year's Eve 2024/2025, the police and fire brigade had numerous missions in Rhineland-Palatinate. A fire in Neuwied-Engers was particularly worrying, in which the locomotive shed was burned down to the ground and the carnival car was destroyed. Two firefighters suffered injuries - one on the hand, the other with grazes on their backs. The suspected cause of the fire was a New Year's Eve rocket. Neighboring houses were also damaged by the heat; The residents could be brought to safety.

In Neuwied there was also a fire in the “Ringmarkt” street. This, probably also caused by a New Year's rocket, did not lead to a personal injury, but caused property damage in the lower six -figure area. In Leisterod, a fire set fire to a single -family house and an adjacent wooden shed, whereby the damage is estimated at around 350,000 euros. The cause of the damage is attributed to incorrect handling of fireworks.

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In Birkenheide, firefighters had to move out to two houses and four vehicles, which were also on fire. In Neustadt an der Weinstrasse there were two car and three balcony fires. In Mainz, numerous missions were recorded between 0 and 3 a.m. 30, which mainly concerned balcony or garbage can fires, with two people slightly injured. Police missions in Mainz were also necessary because there were disputes due to excessive alcohol consumption. However, larger fires or attacks on emergency services failed to materialize.

In the Oberwesterwald, electricity for 30,000 households, primarily in Westerburg, Rennerod, Hachenburg and Bad Marienberg; The cause was attributed to ice break. The western network network operator was able to fix the error until noon. In addition, there were five Böller-dead nationwide on New Year's Eve, with the police and rescue workers being attacked and partially injured in Berlin.

The New Year's Eve in Rhineland-Palatinate went without major unrest, such as SWR.de . However, the number of crimes increased compared to the previous year; 105 crimes and administrative offenses were registered, the previous year there were 52nd. In a fatal accident in Koblenz, an 18-year-old young man died in the explosion of a fireworks body, despite intensive attempts at resuscitation. In Höhr-Grenzhausen, a 19-year-old was slightly injured by a New Year's rocket, while in Betzdorf young people fired Böller on celebrating and injured two people.

In Ludwigshafen, a man suffered serious injuries after a firecracker exploded in his hand. The plateau on the German corner in Koblenz was cleared around 11:30 p.m. when founded fireworks caused disorders; The area could be released again at 0:30 a.m. One person was taken into custody and five police officers in Koblenz suffered minor injuries, including an official with a bang trauma. A stable building with 40 cattle burned in Dickenschied; However, the animals could be saved in time, with the cause of the fire was probably a New Year's Eve rocket. There were also several garbage can fires in Mainz, which are probably due to the New Year's Eve fireworks. In addition, the police in Trier reported isolated fires due to the careless handling of fireworks without being injured. In the case of resistance offenses, five police officers were slightly injured in Trier.

Interior Minister Michael Ebling (SPD) expressed his condolences for the late young man and thanked the emergency services for their work, such as Tageschau.de reported.