Overview

• At around 10 a.m., a handtowel dispenser was deliberately ignited in a restroom at the Erich-Kästner-Grundschule in Darmstadt-Kranichstein
• Fire crews contained the blaze within minutes but dense smoke affected over 30 students who inhaled fumes
• Nine of the affected children were transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment while others received on-site medical care
• Police in Südhessen estimate the school’s property losses at several tens of thousands of euros
• The Kriminalpolizei has assumed the arson investigation as part of a series of deliberate fires targeting public and private sites across Germany