Overview
- Staff and a security employee extinguished the blaze on Lehrter Straße in Moabit and held the suspect until police arrived.
- Police reported a breath alcohol level of about 1.6‰; the man was taken to the LKA brand unit and brought before a judge, with an arrest warrant reported by t-online.
- All three original Kältebus vehicles are now unroadworthy, yet outreach continues using loaned vans from Gebewo, Allround Autovermietung and Zukunftssicherung Berlin, with the ambulance bus used as a fallback.
- A surge of support followed, including a €70,000 donation from the Deutsche Bahn Foundation to help replace a destroyed vehicle.
- Authorities said the suspect is a Hungarian national without a registered address, and the motive remains unknown as inquiries continue.