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Wave of Fires Tests Germany: Frankfurt Silo Blaze Drags On, CSU HQ Arson Probed

Specialist deployments continue alongside state-protection inquiries into suspected arson.

Overview

  • Frankfurt firefighters remain on a multi-day operation at Kraftwerk West to tackle a smoldering fire inside a 30‑meter coal silo, shifting from water attacks to a controlled emptying with nitrogen flooding under review.
  • About 120 personnel, including THW structural experts and a silo-fire advisor from DMT, are on site with an adjacent road closed, and officials say power and heat supplies remain secure.
  • Munich police opened a state-protection investigation after a suspected arson attempt at the CSU headquarters, where passersby extinguished flames that caused several thousand euros in facade damage and no injuries.
  • A historic hunting lodge at a golf course in Donaustauf burned down overnight with a potential damage tally in the millions, as remote location logistics required a kilometer-long hose line for water supply.
  • Additional incidents included Bavaria-wide large fires under investigation for cause, a Grimma residential home blaze with two rescues, suspected shed arson in Mansfeld, a Bottrop carbon monoxide case affecting five people, and a 47‑meter high-rise rescue in Munich.