Overview

• Berlin’s fire service says a blaze in a 17‑story tower in Gropiusstadt left three injured, including one person in life‑threatening condition flown by intensive‑care helicopter, after flames spread from the first floor to the level above.
• Police are probing a series of late‑night container fires in Dresden’s Neustadt as suspected arson, with multiple bins burning from around 12:55 a.m. and no reported injuries.
• A6 near Sinsheim: a 23‑year‑old BMW driver fleeing a police stop crashed at the Steinsfurt exit, lightly injuring himself and two 16‑year‑old passengers; officers report signs of drug use and no valid license, and the car was totaled.
• A73 near Bamberg: a BMW traveling at about 200 km/h crashed into guardrails and was destroyed, the 28‑year‑old driver walked away uninjured, and the roadway was closed for around an hour for cleanup.
• Elsewhere, firefighters quickly contained blazes at a Leipzig industrial ruin and a Stuttgart Volksfest tent kitchen, kept a Hude house from catching fire as a carport and two cars burned, and reported a Schwaz garage car fire likely caused by a technical defect.