Overview
- Stromnetz Berlin said planning is underway but reconstruction of the original network configuration will take several months due to extensive damage from the cable‑bridge fire.
- A second temporary high‑voltage line was switched on January 7 after power was largely restored five days after the January 3 outage.
- The blaze left about 45,000–50,000 households and roughly 2,000 businesses without electricity and partial heating, affecting around 100,000 people.
- The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Karlsruhe has taken over the probe into the confirmed arson, which the left‑radical group Vulkan claimed in a letter.
- An INSA poll published by Bild found 59% disapproved of the local response and 41% favored Mayor Kai Wegner’s resignation.