Overview

• Hamburg’s Reeperbahn saw several vehicles burn in an underground garage shortly after 5:30 a.m., with the inbound roadway closed as crews ventilated the site and the cause remained unknown.
• In Berlin-Köpenick, about 150 square meters of roof and structure at an unoccupied, under-construction building burned, drawing roughly 100 responders and resulting in no injuries.
• Police in Garmisch-Partenkirchen point to a likely technical defect in a tumble dryer that sparked a basement fire, leaving one person injured and prompting the evacuation of nine residents.
• Bochum-Wattenscheid firefighters contained a flat fire without human injuries and located a previously missing cat, with traffic disruption reported on Wattenscheider Hellweg.
• The incidents add to a months-long pattern of frequent urban fires across Germany, with authorities investigating each case and no links indicated among the latest events.