Köthen (dpa / sa) - About a week after the fatal fire in an apartment building in Köthen (Anhalt-Bitterfeld district), the identity of the dead woman found there is certain.

She is the 56-year-old tenant of the apartment in which the fire broke out, as the police announced on Thursday.

Accordingly, the fire ignited last Wednesday due to a technical defect.

The fire department broke the door to the apartment on the second floor and found the dead woman.