Overview
- An overnight fire early Sunday in Moabit destroyed a Berlin City Mission bus and damaged a second, with a witness seeing an unknown person near the vehicles around 3:15 a.m.; no injuries were reported and a state arson unit is investigating.
- The Deutsche Bahn Foundation pledged €70,000 on Tuesday to replace the destroyed vehicle, which had specialized fittings for accessibility and on‑board supplies.
- Service continues using loaned vehicles, including a Gebewo bus with a wheelchair ramp, a privately provided van, and a temporary ambulance deployment, according to the City Mission.
- Police have not indicated a political motive and report no arrests, while officials and aid groups decried the risk created for people relying on the winter service.
- The City Mission’s three buses, staffed by about 60 volunteers, typically field over 120 calls on frigid nights and last winter helped bring roughly 2,100 people to safe shelter.