The apartment then burns down Baby (1) falls out of window - passer-by catches it

A little boy falls out of a window in Germany. A passer-by catches him. When the mother takes the baby to hospital, a fire breaks out in the apartment.

A passer-by caught a little boy falling from the third floor of a residential building in the German city of Darmstadt on Friday evening. While the 29-year-old mother was in hospital with the child, a fire broke out in her apartment.

According to initial findings, the one-year-old child was slightly injured in the fall and was taken to hospital as a precaution, police said.

According to initial investigations, the fire may have been caused by burnt food. The seven-year-old brother of the one-year-old is said to have been in the apartment while his mother was at the hospital with his brother. Quick action by the fire department prevented anything worse, according to reports. The seven-year-old was also taken to hospital as a precaution. The apartment was no longer habitable after a fire.

It was not yet known how the toddler fell shortly after 8.00 pm. According to the information available, the boy's mother and brother were also in the apartment at the time. The police are looking for witnesses - also to clarify the identity of the pedestrian who may have saved the boy's life.