Overview
- Police say a suspected explosion leveled a row house in Wolfenbüttel around 6:50 p.m., where about 140 responders used heavy equipment to clear debris as they searched for the missing resident and secured damaged neighboring homes.
- One firefighter was injured at the Wolfenbüttel scene, 21 nearby residents received assistance, and investigators sealed the site while the cause of the blast remained unclear.
- On Bavaria’s B13 near Dornhausen, a 17-year-old suffered severe injuries after a high-powered Audi flew about 50 meters, overturned, caught fire and required a 30–40 minute extrication; his 18-year-old passenger was also hurt and both are no longer in life-threatening condition, according to local reports.
- A multi-vehicle collision on the B588 at Wurmannsquick injured eleven people—five seriously—prompting a roughly 70-strong emergency response and a 3.5-hour road closure as police examined the cause.
- In Munich, a truck’s lane change sent a 23-year-old driver’s VW into a tram shelter and onto the tracks, causing a brief transit disruption and minor injuries, while on the A1 near Dortmund/Unna a driver briefly fled on foot after a two-car crash before being found by police.