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Power Supply: Berlin Substation Damaged by Fire

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Firefighters extinguished a blaze that lightly damaged a substation and a construction site in Berlin’s Tiergarten district.
  • Police said the city’s power supply remains unaffected while criminal investigators and the operator examine whether the fire resulted from a crime or a technical defect.
  • The incident follows attacks and the discovery of explosive devices at substations in several German states, with police searching for a man linked to two statements claiming responsibility.

A fire lightly damaged a substation and a construction site in Berlin’s Tiergarten district early in the morning, prompting a criminal investigation into whether the incident was deliberate or caused by a technical fault.

Police said emergency crews responded to the blaze at Bissingzeile. The fire affected “a construction site and part of the substation,” both of which sustained damage. Firefighters have since extinguished the flames.

Investigators are working with the operator to determine whether a crime occurred or whether a technical defect caused the fire. The power supply is not currently affected, according to police.

a construction site and part of the substation

· Berlin policePolice described the areas damaged in the fire at the Berlin site.

The incident comes after attacks on substations in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia in recent days. Shortly afterward, police discovered several explosive devices at two substations in Saxony. Authorities are searching for a 48-year-old man from Gevelsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia who left two statements claiming responsibility that police consider authentic.

Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt of the CSU said he believed the incidents involved “climate extremism.” The article is being updated.

climate extremism

· Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s Federal Interior MinisterDobrindt characterized the suspected attacks on substations as a case of climate extremism.
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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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