Overview

• Initial findings indicate an accelerant was likely used to ignite the blaze, according to a Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman.
• InfraGO reported that cables were damaged and set on fire and said two cables were presumably cut deliberately.
• Federal police deployed a helicopter late in the evening to search for suspects as the state security unit opened an investigation.
• Deutsche Bahn said the incident had virtually no impact on train services in the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen area.
• Officials differed on whether switches were directly affected, with federal police calling it a switch fire and Deutsche Bahn saying flames were only near switches.