Overview
- Police suspect someone set a mattress on fire in a Perleberg apartment building, sending heavy smoke through the stairwell and injuring four people, including a three-year-old.
- Firefighters evacuated residents by ladder and police said most of the building remains usable while arson investigators work.
- Hail left the A10 near Oberkrämer slick, and police say a 68-year-old driving too fast for conditions set off a three-car collision that injured four people.
- A car struck a garbage truck on Schnellerstraße in Niederschöneweide, leaving the driver with life-threatening injuries and closing the outbound lanes.
- In a separate case in Französisch Buchholz, a 37-year-old allegedly punched a responding officer and injured two police members during an arrest attempt before being taken for ID checks and a blood sample.