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Cologne (dpa) - Five people died in a fire in a residential building in Radevormwald near Wuppertal in the Bergisches Land.
This was announced by a spokesman for the Cologne police of the German press agency.
The police and the public prosecutor have started investigations.
The police initially did not provide any further details.
No information was initially disclosed about the victims or the cause of the fire.
A Cologne homicide squad was in action, the police said.
The identification service has started work.
The public prosecutor's office and the police did not provide any information about the background to the ongoing investigation.
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The fire brigade had moved back in the evening after a two-hour fire-fighting operation, said a fire brigade spokesman for the dpa.
The scene of the fire had been handed over to the police.
An emergency call was received at 5 p.m. that a house was on fire.
During the extinguishing work, the emergency services came across the five bodies.
At around 7.30 p.m., the fire brigade had withdrawn.
There was “nothing more to be done”.
Window panes on the house were shattered, said a photographer on site of the dpa.
Strong traces of fire can not be seen on the house.
The white, elongated house with a ground floor and a partially developed attic is located on a main road on the edge of Radevormwald in the Herbeck district.
The site of the accident was cordoned off over a large area.
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