Overview
- Stromnetz Berlin reports outages for about 45,000 households and 2,200 commercial customers in Nikolassee, Zehlendorf, Wannsee and Lichterfelde after a blaze on a Teltow Canal cable bridge.
- The fire was extinguished, and the operator says repairs will take several days because multiple cables were damaged and conditions are challenging.
- Police opened an investigation on suspected arson, and a tabloid reports some residents also lost phone service and heating with overnight temperatures possibly near −10°C.
- In Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, authorities say heavy wet snow and icing caused widespread failures, leaving around 43,000 people without electricity.
- Regional crews reconnected an additional 8,200 households on January 3, with emergency measures in place in Belorechensky District and work continuing in several municipalities.