Overview
- Roughly 50,000 customers lost electricity in Treptow-Köpenick, with the fire service estimating about 43,000 households affected.
- The state security unit of the Berlin LKA is leading the investigation, and police have not identified the political background of potential perpetrators.
- Stromnetz Berlin restored power to about 15,000 customers by late morning through network switching while full repairs proceed.
- S-Bahn services resumed after early disruptions; tram lines M17 and 63 remained interrupted and many traffic signals were out in the affected area.
- Firefighters supported care homes in Altglienicke and Niederschöneweide, moving several ventilated patients to hospitals due to the outage.