Overview
- The blaze broke out around midday Monday in a restroom on a Deutsche Bahn ICE near Wandersleben in the Gotha district.
- Local firefighters extinguished the fire after the train was brought to Gotha station, where it now stands empty.
- The rail corridor between Erfurt and Frankfurt is closed in both directions, disrupting intercity services.
- Bundespolizei has opened an investigation into the cause of the fire, which remains undetermined.
- Deutsche Bahn has not yet clarified how many passengers were on board at the time of the incident.