Overview
- A powerful explosion damaged a multi‑family row house in Regensburg’s Kasernenviertel in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying a section of the building.
- Rescue crews could not enter immediately because of collapse risk, so THW teams shored up the structure before searches resumed.
- Police and emergency teams have recovered two bodies from the wreckage, with identifications pending autopsy and next‑of‑kin notifications.
- Specialists from the Bavarian LKA and the Bereitschaftspolizei are collecting and analysing traces on site because a gas explosion is suspected.
- The directly affected portion of the four‑storey building must be demolished, many residents are temporarily housed elsewhere, and several people were treated in hospital including one serious injury.