Overview
- Berlin’s fire service logged 1,830 deployments between 19:00 and 06:00, including 643 fires and 971 ambulance runs, in its initial tally.
- Police deployed 3,200 Berlin officers supported by 785 federal and out‑of‑state reinforcements, with 35 officers injured, 22 by pyrotechnics, and two hospitalized.
- Authorities recorded 11 attacks or disturbances targeting rescue workers, reported no injured helpers or damaged vehicles, and said charges will be filed in each case.
- City cleaners collected 513 cubic meters of New Year’s waste with 500 staff, a reduction compared with recent years, according to the Berlin sanitation service.
- Political calls for an outright halt to private fireworks resurfaced, while reporting highlighted illegal imports from Poland and noted the Netherlands’ 2026 ban and related last‑minute buying and incidents.