Overview
- The blaze was reported around 5:18 a.m. at the Barnackufer industrial site in Berlin-Lichterfelde, and no injuries were recorded.
- About 400 square meters burned across a warehouse and office tract as the hall’s roof collapsed and parts of the office failed, prompting exterior-only tactics after consultation with a THW structural adviser.
- Roughly 95–100 firefighters deployed ladders and a drone, stabilizing an early water shortfall via the Lichterfelde heating plant’s hydrant network and the Teltowkanal, with safeguards to protect the waterway.
- Teams secured an adjacent auto shop’s oil storage and multiple propane cylinders, using a Riegelstellung to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring properties.
- Two nearby residents left smoke-affected apartments above a workshop, the unit is currently uninhabitable due to contamination, and a police Brandkommissariat will investigate the cause once the site is safe.