Overview

• A cable fire erupted at about 8 a.m. beneath a bridge near Potsdam’s main station, severing service for a regional telecommunications provider.
• Firefighters and Bundespolizei officers extinguished the blaze swiftly, and rail traffic remained unaffected.
• Authorities suspect deliberate arson and have assigned the Brandenburg Landeskriminalamt to lead the investigation.
• Investigators are reviewing possible connections to recent cable fires that caused train cancellations on major routes between Duisburg and Düsseldorf.
• The incident underscores the vulnerability of Germany’s transport and communications networks after a string of coordinated infrastructure attacks and residential blazes.