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Germany Grapples With Spate of Fires as Frankfurt Coal Silo Blaze Stretches Into Days

Officials say power and heat remain stable in Frankfurt, with state security opening probes into suspected deliberate ignitions.

Overview

  • Frankfurt’s Kraftwerk West is tackling a smouldering fire inside a 30‑meter coal silo by controlled emptying that could take up to three days, with nitrogen inerting under review.
  • About 120 responders, including THW specialists and a silo‑fire adviser from DMT, are on site as a nearby street stays closed; authorities report no danger and secure electricity and heat supply.
  • Munich police say passersby extinguished a small fire set outside the CSU headquarters overnight; no injuries were reported and the Staatsschutz has taken over the investigation.
  • In Donaustauf near Regensburg, the Jagdschloss Aschenbrennermarter burned down overnight, with police citing the likelihood of damage in the millions as crews faced water‑supply challenges at the remote site.
  • Bad Nauheim recorded near‑simultaneous blazes in bins, a building’s refuse chute and a public toilet, prompting evacuation of 57 residents, one uninhabitable apartment and a police appeal for witnesses.