Fire devils in Baumschulenweg: cars and trash cans in flames!

Fire devils in Baumschulenweg: cars and trash cans in flames!

In the night of Tuesday, January 3, 2025, a devastating fire in the Berlin district of Baumschulenweg has laid several vehicles on fire. At around 1.20 a.m., the fire brigade alerted the emergency services in the Hohenbirker, where at least three cars, including vehicles from Siemens, burned completely, so reports B.Z. . The fire brigade was able to contain the fire quickly, but had problems with the water supply of the fire engine.

At the same time, further arsons occurred in the same district the evening before. Unknowns lit a motor scooter in Köpenicker Landstrasse around 9 p.m., the vehicle burned almost completely, which also damaged an adjacent fence. An attentive passerby also discovered a burning trash can on the corner of Baumschulenweg and Ekkehardstrasse and alerted the emergency services, which, however, no longer had to extinguish the flames before they arrived, since they were gone by themselves, such as berlin.de reported. Shortly afterwards, around 9:10 p.m., a motorcycle burned in Rodelbergweg; The fire brigade was also able to successfully extinguish this fire, but the motorcycle was badly damaged.

Investigations started

The police department 3 (East) and the fire commissioner of the State Criminal Police Office have started the investigation into these incidents. There is suspicion of arson and property damage. Fortunately, none of the incidents were injured, but the circumstances remain extremely worrying and raise questions about the security situation in the region.