Overview
- A technical malfunction at the Lichterfelde heating plant left thousands in southwest Berlin without heat and hot water on Sunday.
- Supplier Berliner Energie und Wärme said the fault was fixed Sunday evening and service is ramping back up.
- The company warned that full heat levels may take time to stabilize because of the cold weather.
- Affected neighborhoods included Lichterfelde, Steglitz, Zehlendorf, Dahlem, Friedenau and Schmargendorf.
- BEW did not disclose the cause and issued an apology, noting it serves about 700,000 apartments and 8,000 other buildings in Berlin.