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Arson Probe Opens After Repeat Fires at Charlottenburg School

State arson investigators now lead the case into suspected deliberate blazes at a Berlin campus.

Overview

  • Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze inside the Olbersstraße school after an alarm sounded, and no injuries were reported.
  • Responders found that wastebaskets in two restroom areas had been set alight, pointing to intentional ignition inside the building.
  • The incident followed earlier fires in the same school on a previous day, indicating a pattern rather than a single event.
  • A Brandkommissariat of the Landeskriminalamt, the state police unit that handles arson cases, has taken over the investigation.
  • A witness reported seeing a dark‑clad man on the schoolyard before the latest fire, and police are checking whether he is linked to the incidents.