https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Hundreds of people were evacuated from a nightclub in southwest Germany after a fire broke out, police said Sunday, with images from the scene showing the blaze raging on the building's roof. https://www.thelocal.de/20260329/hundreds-flee-as-fire-rips-through-german-nightclub Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:31:42 +0200 hundreds-flee-as-fire-rips-through-german-nightclub A large fire broke out in an industrial area in the German city of Freiburg on Wednesday evening. The blaze has since been contained, but clean-up and monitoring efforts continue. https://www.thelocal.de/20251002/firefighters-battle-blaze-in-freiburg-industrial-complex Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:03:26 +0200 firefighters-battle-blaze-in-freiburg-industrial-complex Fire broke out on board a small oil tanker off Germany Friday, with seven crew rescued from the burning vessel in the Baltic Sea, emergency services said. https://www.thelocal.de/20241012/fire-breaks-out-on-oil-tanker-off-germany-crew-rescued Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:21:51 +0200 fire-breaks-out-on-oil-tanker-off-germany-crew-rescued A microlight plane crashed into the roof of a house in western Germany on Saturday, leaving three people dead, including the mother of a young child, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.de/20200726/three-killed-in-western-germany-as-microlight-plane-crashes-into-house Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:04:14 +0200 three-killed-in-western-germany-as-microlight-plane-crashes-into-house Fire broke out Wednesday at the central Berlin site where the German imperial family's palace is being reconstructed, but was quickly brought under control. https://www.thelocal.de/20200408/80-firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-rebuilt-kaisers-palace-in-berlin Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:33:14 +0200 80-firefighters-tackle-blaze-at-rebuilt-kaisers-palace-in-berlin Two chimpanzees who survived a fire which killed 30 monkeys on New Year's Eve at the Krefeld zoo are doing well under medical care, reported the zoo on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200107/surviving-two-monkeys-from-deadly-german-zoo-fire-doing-well Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:28:57 +0100 surviving-two-monkeys-from-deadly-german-zoo-fire-doing-well A mother and her two daughters have turned themselves in to police over a blaze which killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in Germany on New Year's Eve, police confirmed Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200102/mother-and-daughters-investigated-over-german-zoo-fire Thu, 02 Jan 2020 17:35:32 +0100 mother-and-daughters-investigated-over-german-zoo-fire Flames from flying New Year's Eve lanterns might have sparked a blaze that killed dozens of monkeys at a zoo in northwestern Germany, management and security services said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200102/lanterns-behind-deadly-fire-at-krefeld-zoo Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:32:58 +0100 lanterns-behind-deadly-fire-at-krefeld-zoo Fire ripped through the monkey house at Krefeld zoo in northwestern Germany on New Year's Eve killing dozens of animals, including orangutans, chimpanzees and marmosets, management said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200101/fire-kills-30-animals-at-german-zoo-on-new-years-eve Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:14:48 +0100 fire-kills-30-animals-at-german-zoo-on-new-years-eve Many holidaymakers will find themselves without a car as they return to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, after a car park fire damaged 65 cars on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20191015/police-investigate-car-park-fire-munster-osnabruck-airport Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:57:05 +0200 police-investigate-car-park-fire-munster-osnabruck-airport A 77-year-old patient has died and 72 people were injured at a fire in a Düsseldorf hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:31:57 +0200 patient-dies-and-more-than-70-injured-at-dsseldorf-hospital-fire German firefighters were Tuesday battling a huge forest blaze ripping through a former military training area littered with unexploded munitions dating back to the Nazi era. https://www.thelocal.de/20190702/fire-continues-in-explosives-litered-german-forest Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:49:33 +0200 fire-continues-in-explosives-litered-german-forest Hundreds of firefighters were battling a blaze in a forest area in the central German state of Hesse on Thursday, thought to have been caused by a lightning strike. https://www.thelocal.de/20190425/major-wildfire-in-hesse-sparked-by-lightning-strike Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:06:17 +0200 major-wildfire-in-hesse-sparked-by-lightning-strike The warm weather in Germany may have been perfect for enjoying the Easter break. But it has increased the danger of forest fires. https://www.thelocal.de/20190423/wildfires-rage-during-germanys-spring-heatwave Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:26:15 +0200 wildfires-rage-during-germanys-spring-heatwave The world watched in horror as flames consumed one of its most revered places of worship - Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral. It's a feeling that Germans have come to know over the centuries, with many of their most significant churches the victims of fire. https://www.thelocal.de/20190416/can-germanys-history-of-fire-ravished-cathedrals-offer-hope-to-notre Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:26:20 +0200 can-germanys-history-of-fire-ravished-cathedrals-offer-hope-to-notre As pictures emerged of the tragic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris engulfed in flames, people all over the world, including in neighbouring country Germany, spoke of their shock and sadness. https://www.thelocal.de/20190416/germanys-sadness-after-huge-fire-rips-through-notre-dame-symbol-of-france Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:28:05 +0200 germanys-sadness-after-huge-fire-rips-through-notre-dame-symbol-of-france A man was seriously injured after setting himself on fire in North Rhine-Westphalia as a protest against Turkey's detention of militant Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20190221/man-seriously-injured-after-setting-himself-on-fire-over-pro-pkk-protest Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:50:21 +0100 man-seriously-injured-after-setting-himself-on-fire-over-pro-pkk-protest A fire has completely burnt down a large food bank in the North-Rhine Westphalia city of Duisburg, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20181203/duisburg-food-bank-destroyed-in-fire Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:55:06 +0100 duisburg-food-bank-destroyed-in-fire When the sun set in Hamburg on Tuesday, the sky turned pink. But this fiery sunset frightened a Hanseatic city resident to such an extent that he called the fire brigade. https://www.thelocal.de/20181128/hamburg-man-makes-emergency-call-after-mistaking-sunset-for-fire Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100 hamburg-man-makes-emergency-call-after-mistaking-sunset-for-fire An Altbau town house in a central Cologne neighbourhood was engulfed in flames on Wednesday evening. Tragically, two people died in the blaze. https://www.thelocal.de/20181025/two-die-as-fire-rips-through-central-cologne-town-house Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:57:06 +0200 two-die-as-fire-rips-through-central-cologne-town-house