Overview
- Roughly 45,000 households and about 2,200 businesses lost power, affecting several care and health facilities across Nikolassee, Zehlendorf, Wannsee and Lichterfelde.
- The network operator said repairs and rerouting are complex and that outages are likely to continue at least until Thursday.
- Some care homes were evacuated, and authorities said three major hospitals in the affected area remain operational.
- Police believe the blaze was deliberate and are reviewing a claim of responsibility as part of a wide-ranging investigation.
- The fire was reported at 6:45 a.m. on Bremer Strasse and extinguished quickly, and the city opened an emergency shelter at Huttenweg 43 with about 300 cots and hot drinks.