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Augsburg (dpa / lby) - A 59-year-old man died in an apartment fire in Augsburg.

The man was first taken to hospital with serious injuries, where he died five days later, the police said on Tuesday.

The fire broke out in an apartment building on Wednesday last week.

A total of six people were injured, four of them slightly.

The second seriously injured, a 73-year-old, was initially in the hospital.

Your injuries are therefore not life threatening.

According to the police, an electric blanket is said to have triggered the fire.

This resulted in damage of up to 70,000 euros.

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