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Fires, Crashes and €200,000 Burglary Stretch German Emergency Services Over Weekend

Investigators report secured scenes, with active probes into suspected arson, major theft, traffic crimes.

Overview

  • Berlin-Gropiusstadt: a high-rise blaze injured three people, one critically airlifted, and the building was ventilated before the site was handed over to police.
  • Dresden-Neustadt saw a series of overnight container fires in several streets that firefighters quickly extinguished, and police are investigating suspected arson.
  • On the B92 in Thuringia, a 78-year-old Skoda driver died after a head-on collision with a BMW, and police appealed for witnesses as the route was closed for hours.
  • Near Sinsheim on the A6, a 23-year-old BMW driver fleeing a police check crashed at the Sinsheim-Steinsfurt exit, lightly injuring himself and two 16-year-old passengers, with indications of drug use and no valid license.
  • In Schermcke (Börde district), burglars stole cables and tools worth about €200,000 and caused roughly €60,000 in damage at a sanitary firm, prompting an investigation and a witness call.