Huge cloud of smoke over Schöneberg: fire in the roof structure of an apartment building!

Riesige Rauchsäule über Schöneberg: Mehrfamilienhaus brennt, Feuerwehr im Einsatz. Brandursache unklar, Ermittlungen laufen.
Huge column of smoke over Schöneberg: apartment building burns, fire brigade in action. The cause of the fire is unclear, investigation. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Huge cloud of smoke over Schöneberg: fire in the roof structure of an apartment building!

On Wednesday afternoon, July 2, 2025, there was a violent fire in an apartment building in the Schöneberg district, Berlin. A large column of smoke was visible from large parts of the city, which frightened the residents. The fire brigade was on site with around 90 forces to fight the fire that had broken out in the roof structure of the house. Firefighters worked with a turntable ladder to extinguish the flames from above and to control the situation. Image reports that more than 20 people have reached safety.

The fire was finally deleted in the early evening, and the emergency services managed to prevent the fire from spreading to neighboring buildings. A resident had to be taken to the hospital due to suspicion of flue gas breathing, while all other residents could either flee or were saved independently. It remains unclear how the fire occurred, but residents report on ongoing construction work on the building. A fire commissioner from the Berlin police took over the investigation into the cause of the fire.

construction work as a possible occasion

On Monday before, another fire occurred in a high-rise building project in Berlin-Mitte. In the early morning hours broke on the roof of John year house Construction work and possibly exploding gas bottles. In this incident, there were several violent explosions that created pressure waves that were noticeable in surrounding houses. Fortunately, nobody was injured.

The fire brigade had to deal with additional challenges here. The height on the 17-story building was an essential factor because the longest turntable ladder measures 50 meters. In order to make fire fighting efficiently, hoses had to be laid by the staircase up to the 17th floor. This delayed the extinguishing work, but in this case, too, the flames to neighboring buildings could quickly be prevented. The area around Kurfürstenstraße was blocked in both directions during the operations between Keithstrasse and Urania.

Clear that the colleagues from the fire brigade must have a real hand for an emergency. Such incidents show how important a quick reaction and precise operations of the emergency services are. The investigation into the exact cause of the fire continues to run. You can look forward to what comes out.

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OrtSchöneberg, Berlin, Deutschland
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