Overview

• In Solingen on Saturday evening, the fire began in a garage annex and spread through a window into rooms of the youth facility, according to the fire service.
• Dozens of professional and volunteer firefighters mounted a large response and opened parts of the roof and slate façade during overhaul operations.
• Reports diverge on whether the main building was affected, with Stern saying crews protected it and TAG24 reporting flames reached it.
• Criminal police have taken over the cause investigation in Solingen, and the Offenburg unit has opened a probe into the Gengenbach blaze.
• On Sunday morning in Gengenbach, an old Rubin Mühle production building burned in a full building fire, with a Karlsruhe specialty vehicle assisting and damage and cause still unclarified.