Overview

• Fire crews working to control a 30,000 m² forest fire near Möhnesee report that underground hotspots and fallen trees are hampering direct suppression efforts.
• A warehouse in Velbert-Tönisheide has burned since early Saturday, sending a dense smoke plume over Essen and triggering health warnings and road closures.
• Firefighters in Köln-Ehrenfeld extinguished an eighth-floor apartment fire without injuries, but eight units remain uninhabitable and residents have been displaced.
• A 41-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision in Hamburg’s Tonndorf district and an 18-year-old passenger was killed in Freihung, with both incidents under police investigation.
• Authorities are probing multiple highway crashes—including a multi-vehicle pileup on the A3 near Montabaur and a head-on collision on the B19—that left several people injured and road surfaces damaged.