Fire at Berlin's Iconic ICC Leaves One Dead

A blaze in the historic International Congress Centrum was extinguished quickly, but a body was discovered in an elevator afterward.

The fire broke out early Wednesday morning in the elevator shaft of the International Congress Centrum (ICC) in Berlin.
Firefighters discovered a deceased person in the elevator during cleanup operations after extinguishing the blaze.
The cause of the fire and the circumstances of the individual's death remain under investigation by authorities.
The ICC, a landmark of Berlin's West, has been closed since 2014 and has been under historic preservation since 2019.
Over 80 firefighters responded to the incident, which caused significant smoke throughout the building but no additional injuries.