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Eppelheim (dpa / lsw) - Because he forgot a burning candle, a man's kitchen in Eppelheim caught fire.

The 60-year-old was taken to hospital with suspected smoke poisoning, the police said on Saturday.

The fire brigade was able to extinguish the fire quickly.

The man was alone in the fire on Friday evening in his apartment in an apartment building.

Other residents of the house in the Rhein-Neckar district were not injured.

Notice from the police