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Weimar (dpa / th) - A 29-year-old man started a fire on Christmas Eve in Weimar while cooking.

As the police inspection in the city announced on Friday, the resident of an apartment building had his oil-spiked food burned on Thursday morning.

When he tried to extinguish it with water, there was a fat explosion.

Then the entire kitchen burned.

The man was able to save himself from his apartment and was taken to hospital with minor injuries, it was said.

He was under the influence of alcohol.

The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire quickly.

The 29-year-old's apartment is currently not habitable.

His own attempts to extinguish the fire led to water damage in the apartment below.