The fire in Ludwigshafen (6 photos)

At least nine people, including five children, were killed and 60 suffered burns of varying severity in a fire in a residential building in the German city of Ludwigshafen, reports DPA. A fire in a four-storey building in the center of Ludwigshafen began Sunday evening - for some unknown reason, while there was a fire on the second floor, the fire quickly spread throughout the floors, which led to the collapse of the roof.

A huge number of victims of the fire due to the fact that the four-brick building built in the XIX century, all three floors of which were residential, 52 people lived - an unusually high density of Germany. In addition, on Sunday evening, almost all living in the family home had guests - on Sunday in Germany begins the carnival week, and visitors hoping to enjoy the carnival procession, which were attended by 250 000 people.

Despite the fact that in extinguishing the fire involved more than 60 firefighters at the time of arrival calculations fire has already spread throughout the building. Eyewitnesses reported that people jumped from windows to escape the flames. Among the survivors in this way - two young children whose parents thrown out of the window (see. Photo) in the tents stretched firefighters. For safety reasons, firefighters had to evacuate all the neighboring buildings. According to authorities, the house is already burned can not be restored.