Overview
- In Kiel’s Gaarden district, a backyard trash shelter fire spread to a building entrance, sending dense smoke into upper floors and leading to ladder rescues.
- Eleven people from the Kiel incident were taken to hospitals, most with suspected minor injuries and smoke inhalation, and several apartments were left uninhabitable.
- In Hamburg-Barmbek, an attic fire on Wagnerstraße produced heavy smoke and sparks, prompted public warnings and street closures, and left the building uninhabitable.
- More than a dozen Hamburg residents evacuated safely and the fire was reported extinguished around 6:30 p.m., with the cause still under review.
- In Neumünster, a workshop burned with thick smoke, Kieler Straße was closed, no injuries were reported, and police said a battery likely ignited the blaze.