Three Indians were killed and five others injured in a residential building fire in the German city of Bochum on Wednesday, according to local media reports. The victims were two young women aged 25 and 27 and a 26-year-old man who were found dead by firefighters in an apartment on the second floor.
The five others who were injured, suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to the hospitals in Bochum. However, their nationalities were not specified in the media reports.
The police have arrested a 41-year-old Romanian national, who also lived in the building, on suspicion of murder.
The accident happened early on Tuesday after the fire broke out in a multi-family residential building in Bochum’s Hofstede district.