Overview
- Roughly 38,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses remain without power after Stromnetz Berlin reconnected about 7,000 homes and 150 commercial customers overnight.
- The education authority said 16 schools in Steglitz‑Zehlendorf will remain shut through Wednesday, while two previously listed sites will open after heating and systems were stabilized.
- Kitas in the affected area will be closed on Monday, with emergency childcare beginning Tuesday and details to be communicated by the authorities.
- Emergency supervision is available at designated host schools, and children staying in other districts may be accepted as guest pupils.
- Interior Senator Iris Spranger said a claim of responsibility received by authorities is authentic, as investigators probe the deliberate fire on the Teltowkanal cable bridge.