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Overnight Fires Hit Four German Cities as Police Probe Causes

Authorities are examining each incident separately with Nürnberg the most severe.

Overview

  • In Nürnberg, a row house fire on Marienbader Straße left three residents hospitalized for severe smoke inhalation after a 44-year-old and a 17-year-old jumped from a second-story ledge, and a dog was found dead.
  • Nürnberg’s scene briefly re-ignited during forensic work, prompting renewed firefighting and a road closure that police lifted around 17:30, with damage estimated in the mid–six-figure range.
  • In Frankfurt’s Nordend, flames at the restaurant Dolce Vita were contained without injuries as about 50 firefighters responded, and investigators are weighing a possible technical defect versus suspected arson with no conclusion yet.
  • Berlin-Schöneberg crews battled a balcony and roof blaze on Zietenstraße for roughly five hours using two aerial ladders, assisted three people at the scene, and kept the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings.
  • Essen police opened an inquiry after a storage-room fire at the Panorama restaurant on Viehofer Platz; the operator sustained a minor smoke injury, the blaze was quickly extinguished, and residents remained in their apartments.