Overview
- About 45,400 households and roughly 2,200 businesses in Lichterfelde, Zehlendorf, Nikolassee and Wannsee lost electricity early Saturday.
- Stromnetz Berlin is building a temporary bypass and aims to re‑energize about 10,000 Lichterfelde households Saturday evening, with full restoration projected by Thursday, January 8, as winter conditions slow deep excavation and cable work.
- Heating systems and telecoms are disrupted, shops and traffic signals are down, and S‑Bahn trains continue to run even as several stations lack power for ticketing and passenger information.
- Emergency services deployed hundreds of responders, set up shelters and charging points, and relocated residents from at least two care homes while assessing further needs.
- Investigators are treating the blaze as suspected arson, reviewing a claim‑of‑responsibility, securing footprints and aerial images with a drone, and note the scale echoes a politically motivated 2025 attack on exposed power infrastructure.