Two days after the serious house fire in Apolda, Thuringia, which killed four, an arrest warrant was issued for a suspect on Tuesday.

The district court of Erfurt followed the request of the public prosecutor's office in Erfurt, said their spokesman Hannes Grünseisen.

The 35-year-old Bulgarian citizen, who was provisionally arrested on Monday, is being investigated for murder and arson.

He was brought before the magistrate on Tuesday afternoon and was to be remanded in custody after the arrest warrant had been issued.

Surveillance camera shows man with petrol cans

A 53-year-old man of Bulgarian origin and three other previously unidentified people died in the fire in the apartment building early Sunday morning.

Almost two dozen people were injured, some seriously, including children.

The firefighters rescued 30 people from the burning house.

According to Grünseisen, recordings from a surveillance camera at the scene of the fire led investigators to the suspect.

These showed the man entering the home with jerrycans in hand, he said, confirming an MDR report.

On Monday, the police spoke of witnesses pointing to the man and of his photos.

The suspect went to the police in Jena on Monday of his own accord – according to Grünseisen because of a different situation.

There he was temporarily arrested.

The police and Thuringia's Interior Minister Georg Maier (SPD) initially announced on Monday that he had volunteered there.

According to Grünseisen, murder is a criminal offense if a "dangerous" means that can kill or endanger people is involved.

This is the case with a fire that can spread uncontrollably.

Affected accommodated

According to the police, the fire investigators were initially unable to enter the ruins of the large apartment building, which is located just outside the city center, on Tuesday.

According to the police, the release by a statics expert is still missing.

A city spokesman said on Tuesday that some of those affected who had lost their homes due to the fire had already been assigned new apartments.

According to the information, those affected initially stayed with relatives or acquaintances, and some were also admitted to the Evangelical community center.

There is a fundraiser for the victims of the fire, and the city has set up a donation account.

According to the city administration, only Bulgarian citizens lived in the house, and the house owner was also Bulgarian.

A fire department spokesman spoke of 44 people reported in the house and five guests at the time of the fire.

The property damage caused by the fire had been estimated by the police at around two million euros.