Fire Department

In Berlin's city center, a huge aquarium with 1,500 fish burst in the early morning. A million liters (264,172 gallons) of water flooded and damaged a Radisson Hotel. The guests were woken up and evacuated. Two hundred police officers and firefighters are on site.

The Berlin Fire Department's operational command in Grunewald decided to reopen the Avus. This city freeway is an important traffic artery in Berlin. But the…

Five days ago, explosions at a bomb and ammunition disposal site at Grunewald forest caused a major forest fire. Since, the Berlin Fire Department has been…

Since Thursday, a forest fire in Grunewald has kept the Berlin Fire Department busy. On Sunday morning, flames were still being fought, but the train tracks located east of the forest were reopened. The Avus city highway is still closed.

Berlin's Fire Department has been fighting the flames at Grunewald, the city's largest forest, all night. More explosions at an ammunition site located there…

A large fire has erupted in Grunewald, Berlin's largest forest. Explosions at a location used for the detonation of explosives and ammunition are the cause. A…

In the town of Falkenberg in southern Brandenburg, the authorities evacuated residents due to the danger posed by a new forest fire in the area. The flames are raging on an area of 800 hectares. Hundreds of firefighters are trying to save residential areas.

Some 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Berlin, in Brandenburg's Lieberoser Heide region, a growing forest fire is doing a lot of damage. The Fire Department…

On the streets of Berlin, ambulances race back and forth all the time. But there are issues. More ambulances and medics are needed, and the rescue system needs…

In Brandenburg, two forest fires destroyed countless trees and endangered towns this past weekend. On Sunday, some residents in Beelitz needed to be evacuated. The Berlin Fire Department is helping the colleagues in the neighboring state.