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 A squirrel in the western German city of Dortmund sparked a major rescue operation after it got stuck in a manhole cover. https://www.thelocal.de/20190621/squirrel-stuck-in-manhole-cover-rescued-by-german-firefighters Fri, 21 Jun 2019 10:50:51 +0200 squirrel-stuck-in-manhole-cover-rescued-by-german-firefighters When all attempts to remove a woman’s fingers from a hand blender had failed during surgery, the doctors in a south German hospital called in the fire brigade. https://www.thelocal.de/20180112/firefighters-called-to-emergency-room-to-free-womans-fingers-from-blender Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:53:27 +0100 firefighters-called-to-emergency-room-to-free-womans-fingers-from-blender A fire at a housing unit in southern Germany for homeless people and refugees killed two people and seriously injured three others early on Monday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20170807/two-dead-and-three-injured-in-house-for-homeless-and-refugees Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:53:51 +0200 two-dead-and-three-injured-in-house-for-homeless-and-refugees Police in a Lower Saxony are searching for suspects who allegedly attacked and beat up firefighters as they tried to respond to an emergency over New Year. https://www.thelocal.de/20170105/police-hunt-suspects-who-beat-up-firefighters-on-new-years-day Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:32:19 +0100 police-hunt-suspects-who-beat-up-firefighters-on-new-years-day Fire services in the German capital described witnessing repeated explosions as they struggle against a huge blaze at an Asian supermarket. https://www.thelocal.de/20160511/explosions-as-fire-rips-through-berlin-supermarket Wed, 11 May 2016 16:06:05 +0200 explosions-as-fire-rips-through-berlin-supermarket A huge cloud of smoke was visible over Hamburg on Sunday evening after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Veddel district of Germany's "Gate to the World." https://www.thelocal.de/20160509/hamburg-firefighters-battle-warehouse-blaze Mon, 09 May 2016 12:24:00 +0200 hamburg-firefighters-battle-warehouse-blaze Early on Monday morning a fire broke out at a fire station in a northwest German town, damaging the building, equipment and fire trucks. https://www.thelocal.de/20160222/fire-strikes-back Mon, 22 Feb 2016 18:05:59 +0100 fire-strikes-back A huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) leaked from a transport truck in central Mainz on Tuesday, immobilizing traffic around the centre of the city and forcing the closure of the Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20151223/huge-cloud-of-co2-floods-central-mainz Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:21:58 +0100 huge-cloud-of-co2-floods-central-mainz Four firemen have been convicted of arson in northern Germany after it emerged that they were regularly setting fires so they could heroically extinguish them. https://www.thelocal.de/20151222/firefighters-set-fires-to-look-like-heroes Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:33:51 +0100 firefighters-set-fires-to-look-like-heroes Firefighters in Düsseldorf proved that every life matters on Sunday – by rescuing 25 fish after an apartment blaze. https://www.thelocal.de/20151019/firefighters-who-saved-pet-fish-its-our-duty Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:25:55 +0200 firefighters-who-saved-pet-fish-its-our-duty UPDATE: A fire and explosion in a World War II-era bunker injured at least 38 people in Hamburg on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.de/20150804/fire-and-explosion-injures-27-in-hamburg Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:46:11 +0200 fire-and-explosion-injures-27-in-hamburg More than 500 firefighters from all over the world have descended on Hanover this week to compete for the title of "Toughest Firefighter Alive". https://www.thelocal.de/20150611/hannover-welcomes-toughest-fireman-contest Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:42:20 +0200 hannover-welcomes-toughest-fireman-contest Volunteer firefighters in a small town set their sights high when they hoped to break the Guinness World Record for the largest fire engine built out of beer crates. https://www.thelocal.de/20150119/firefighters-build-record-truck-with-beer-crates Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:27:17 +0100 firefighters-build-record-truck-with-beer-crates