The incident occurred during the night of March 18–19. Firefighters from Warta Bolesławiecka were dispatched to an unconscious man who was reportedly inside one of the houses in their town.

At the scene—besides the firefighters from Warta—there were firefighters from Bolesławiec, a police patrol and an emergency medical team.

However, it turned out that the alarm was false. The man did not require hospitalization and did not need medical assistance.