Overview

• In Haldensleben, a 74-year-old woman died after a house fire that police believe began on the terrace, with two others escaping as flames damaged adjacent homes and losses estimated at about €1.5 million.
• A blaze in a Rellingen seniors’ home was contained by a caregiver using a fire extinguisher, with five people suffering mild smoke inhalation and two taken to hospital before residents returned to their rooms.
• Stored insulation burned on a Munich construction site, sending a dense smoke plume across Milbertshofen and prompting the evacuation of 60 students, with no injuries reported and only limited damage to a nearby new building.
• A cellar fire in Greiz led to the rescue of 21 residents, nine of whom were lightly injured as police probe the cause and examine whether nearby car vandalism shortly before the blaze is connected.
• More than 1,000 straw bales burned in Geringswalde, where cattle were moved to safety, a smoke warning was issued, and firefighters continued operations through the morning as the cause remained unclear.