Overview
- Tens of thousands remain without electricity, with roughly 45,000 households and 2,200 businesses affected, while about 7,000 homes in Lichterfelde were reconnected overnight as a provisional supply is built.
- Stromnetz Berlin projects complete reconnection by Thursday afternoon, citing complex deep construction in winter conditions after the fire destroyed multiple high- and medium‑voltage cables.
- Police, the LKA and Staatsschutz are investigating suspected deliberate arson and checking an unverified claim from a group calling itself the “Vulkangruppe,” with secured footprints in the snow among key traces.
- Emergency shelters, charging points and mobile police posts are operating, police have deployed light masts and extra patrols, and evacuations from care facilities were carried out as hospitals rely on backup power.
- Rail operations are disrupted by a Wannsee signal box outage affecting S‑Bahn and regional lines, at least ten schools in Steglitz‑Zehlendorf will stay closed Monday, and officials said the Bundeswehr will assist local support efforts.