Overview
- The forest fire in the Müritz Nationalpark, which expanded to about 318 hectares on Thursday, remains active and has kept the village of Granzin under evacuation orders.
- Fire crews cannot approach the blaze directly because buried WWII and Cold War munitions are detonating repeatedly, so authorities have requested large irrigation units, inter-state equipment and planned Bundeswehr helicopter support.
- A barn fire in Coswig destroyed multiple stall buildings and killed roughly 20,000 pigs, several firefighters were hurt, the site has been sealed for a criminal investigation and officials face complex carcass removal and biosecurity work.
- Police suspect arson in a burned Deutsche Bahn distribution box near Neu Wulmstorf that damaged signalling and forced more than 200 train cancellations or replacement bus services on the Hamburg–Cuxhaven corridor.
- In Finsterwalde a 35-year-old was arrested after attacking a county employee and setting a youth-welfare office on fire; prosecutors have opened inquiries including possible attempted homicide and several people were hospitalised with smoke injuries.