Overview

• Frankfurt’s Kraftwerk West is battling a stubborn smoldering fire in a 30‑meter coal silo, with about 120 responders cooling, monitoring the structure and beginning a controlled emptying as experts also weigh nitrogen flooding; power and heat supply remain secured and a nearby road is closed.
• An early‑morning inferno destroyed the Thurn‑und‑Taxis Jagdschloss near Regensburg, leaving a multimillion‑euro loss and no injuries, as criminal investigators prepare on‑site work once conditions are safe and the cause remains undetermined.
• Outside the CSU headquarters in Munich, an intentionally set fire caused minor facade damage before passersby extinguished the flames; state security has taken over the case and the police search for suspects continues.
• Police are probing suspected arson in several locales, including a burned garden hut and attempted ignitions in Mansfeld as well as three linked fires in Bad Nauheim that prompted the evacuation of 57 residents and left one apartment uninhabitable.
• Emergency services also handled a residential‑home blaze with two rescues in Grimma, a Bottrop carbon‑monoxide incident tied to a coal grill that sent five people to hospitals, and multiple large fires in southern Germany that caused major property damage and transport disruptions.