Two people died in a devastating fire in a facility for people with disabilities in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Unna.

Despite attempts to revive them, they died on the spot, a police spokesman said early Tuesday morning.

Another person was taken to a clinic after resuscitation.

She is said to be badly injured.

There was also one person slightly injured.

The age and gender of the victims were initially unknown.

The fire broke out late Monday evening in a building at the facility in Kamen.

The city is located northeast of Dortmund in the Ruhr area.

According to the spokesman, severely disabled people live in the home.

The operator's website states that adults with mental disabilities are offered living space.

The cause of the fire is still unclear

Residents were evacuated after the fire broke out.

It was initially unclear how many there were.

According to the police, 60 people are registered in the facility.

A large contingent of firefighters extinguished the flames.

Further details, such as where the fire broke out, were not initially known.

The cause of the fire was also unclear.

According to the spokesman, investigators were still at the scene of the fire that night.

A similar case in Berlin had gone much lighter that night.

There it had burned in a 13-storey retirement home in the Mariendorf district.

According to a fire department spokesman, dozens of people had to leave their homes.

Around 50 residents were looked after in the entrance area of ​​the building.

According to initial reports, there were no injuries.

The fire broke out shortly after midnight in an empty nursing room on the first floor of the building.

The fire brigade then drove to the house with 120 emergency services.

She was able to put out the flames quickly.

Here, too, the cause was initially unclear.

At the beginning of last week, three people died in a fire in a home for the mentally ill in Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg).

The victims were a 53-year-old and two men aged 73 and 88.

In addition, eleven people were slightly injured.

The authorities are investigating the case against a 57-year-old resident on suspicion of three murders and eleven attempted murders.

She is said to have started the fire in her room.

The woman was seriously injured in the fire.