Overview
- Emergency crews were called around 8:25 p.m. Saturday to the Poseidon restaurant on Niedersedlitzer Straße, where guests reported breathing difficulties and eye irritation.
- A MANV alarm brought roughly 90 responders, the street was closed, the building was ventilated, and a city bus was used to shelter evacuees.
- Between 80 and 90 people were inside; 24 were medically assessed, one received emergency physician care, and no hospital transports were reported.
- Fire officials said the irritant was no longer identifiable or measurable when they arrived, and investigators have not determined who released it, with pepper spray mentioned only as a possibility in media reports.
- Police are investigating this case separately from a Thursday pub incident in Gorbitz, where two men allegedly sprayed irritant after being told to leave, injuring five, and officials currently report no connection between the two.