Overview

• Witnesses reported smoke and flames around 4:15 a.m. from the basement of a building on Waldemarstraße in Kreuzberg.
• Firefighters found a 57-year-old man unconscious in the smoke-filled basement during extinguishing efforts.
• Rescue crews performed resuscitation and took him to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
• Berlin police confirmed the fatality shortly after the incident early Saturday.
• A special Brandkommissariat of the Landeskriminalamt has opened an investigation into the fire's origin.