Overview

• A warehouse fire at the Burglengenfeld cement plant on August 17 drew 20 fire brigades and about 370 personnel before being controlled with no injuries reported.
• Plant management led by Werksleiter Bernhard Reindl and Kreisbrandrat Christian Demleitner will inspect damaged installations today to decide whether to pause operations.
• An attic blaze in Lechbruck am See, suspected to stem from an electrical defect, caused roughly €100,000 in damage and is under technical investigation by Kripo Kempten.
• A roof fire in Velbert-Mitte rendered two adjoining buildings temporarily uninhabitable, displaced residents and prompted an ongoing assessment of cause and full damage extent.
• Road incidents included a crash in Kürten where a 16-year-old driver killed four passengers and allegedly fled the scene, a Manching level-crossing collision that killed two 23-year-olds, a fatal motorcycle crash in Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen and a Land Rover rollover on the A7 near Hamburg that injured two and closed the motorway for hours.