Overview

• Firefighters and the federal technical relief agency THW have been operating since Friday evening at a construction site on Hohe Straße.
• The operation focuses on stabilizing a partition wall to an adjacent building that was assessed as at risk of collapse.
• About 100 meters of the pedestrian shopping street remained cordoned off Saturday morning, and several stores initially could not open.
• The affected mixed‑use building was evacuated Friday evening and subsequently reopened once checks were completed.
• WDR first reported the incident, noting the property has ongoing construction work on one of Cologne’s busiest retail corridors.