Overview

• About 20,000 households in southeast Berlin were still without electricity early Wednesday, with full restoration expected Thursday following trenching and cable reconnection work; reconnected customers are urged to conserve power.
• The state protection unit is leading the investigation into fires at two high‑voltage masts, and police are checking the authenticity of a left‑wing Indymedia statement claiming a targeted attack on Adlershof.
• Emergency numbers 110 and 112 remained partly unreachable in the affected areas, prompting 15 notruf points and several disaster relief ‘Leuchttürme’, with BVG personnel able to relay emergency calls.
• Transport and city services were disrupted, with dark traffic lights, curtailed S‑Bahn service on the S47, interruptions on tram lines M17 and 63, and road closures near Königsheideweg.
• Classes are canceled Wednesday at at least a dozen Treptow‑Köpenick schools, and several care‑home residents dependent on ventilation were transferred to hospitals as police maintained an expanded presence.