Overview
- The former STEAG power-plant site in Voerde, which caught fire Monday around midday, sent a tall smoke plume that triggered a NINA warning as three workers escaped and two went to hospital for checks, with police planning a forensic inspection once the structure cools.
- At an old factory site in Haldensleben, about 110 firefighters battled flames over 14 hours as investigators cordoned the area, flew a drone and said arson is not ruled out after one nearby apartment was left uninhabitable.
- Following several small fires in Essen-Horst on Sunday, police arrested two suspects aged 18 and 16 who matched witness reports, and they are investigating for property damage by fire.
- In Bremerhaven, a basement blaze in a multi-family building spread smoke up the stairwell and sent six people including children to hospitals for smoke inhalation as residents were evacuated and several units remained unlivable.
- In a Hamburg allotment, officers found two people dead in a garden shed with no signs of foul play or suicide as firefighters measured carbon monoxide at the scene and investigators pointed to a likely accident.