Overview
- An early‑morning blast and fire at a multi‑family building on Von‑Reiner‑Straße tore out sections of the façade and left several apartments heavily damaged or destroyed.
- Firefighters, emergency medical teams, police and the Technisches Hilfswerk mounted a large coordinated response and evacuated two neighboring buildings.
- Four people were taken to hospital with partly serious injuries and a police officer received treatment for smoke inhalation.
- Two residents remain missing and are believed to be inside but crews cannot reach four completely destroyed apartments until THW stabilizes the structure to reduce collapse risk.
- The Kriminalpolizei has opened a criminal investigation and emergency personnel suspect a gas explosion though the cause has not been confirmed; authorities will resume searches after stabilization.