The first buildings of the Bergmannsheil were erected in 1888 in order to provide medical care for injured miners.

The fire spread quickly over the entire ward and two adjacent storeys and continued to burn for several hours.

[1] The hospital declared stage 3 MCI, and subsequently several hundred staff members joined up.

They were supported by 565 members of fire brigade and police from the whole Ruhr region, as well as Technisches Hilfswerk and emergency management forces of the state North Rhine-Westphalia.

Subsequently, several functional areas and six wards with a total of 204 beds had to be put out of operation.