Overview

• In Magdeburg, firefighters sealed and neutralized suspected phosphine/monophosphane after chemicals ignited during a cellar fire, about two dozen people were taken to hospitals as a precaution, and a 79-year-old resident is under investigation for improper storage.
• In Schweinfurt, an 82-year-old driver died after pulling from a parking access into traffic and colliding with another car, leaving four others injured as police and a forensic expert reconstruct the crash.
• In Hamburg-Harvestehude, a 58-year-old man died following an apartment fire on Rothenbaumchaussee, with the cause under police investigation.
• In Chemnitz, an explosion in a Bernsdorf apartment left a 35-year-old man with severe burns and the building otherwise habitable, and police say it may have been caused by negligent cooking.
• Major traffic incidents included an A27 vehicle-and-trailer fire that destroyed 15 rowing boats and closed the road for hours; an eight-car crash on the A14 that left six with minor injuries; and an A94 Lamborghini crash that split the car and seriously injured the driver.