There is currently no longer a fire at the Berlin police blast site. But the work there remains life-threatening. New fires keep breaking out all around the Grunewald. The nearby city highway will remain closed for the time being.
After the major fire in Berlin's Grunewald, commuters still have to be prepared for traffic delays at the beginning of the week. "The Autobahn will remain closed until further notice, in any case up to and including Monday morning," said a spokesman for the Berlin fire department. The neighboring railway line, on the other hand, was released again on Saturday.
The fire brigade continues to try to cool the blast site in the forest. The firefighters currently have a safety area of 500 meters around the blasting site. The fire on the blast site itself has currently been extinguished. Police blasters also inspect the site from an armored vehicle. According to the fire brigade spokesman, new fires keep appearing in the forest, also with smoke development. According to the fire department, the operation will take several days.
Tons of old grenades, ammunition and confiscated fireworks are stored in buildings at the site, which has been the site of fires and explosions since Thursday. The detonation site for the destruction of weapons and explosives has existed since 1950. The police are responsible there.
The fire brigade can now also use a second extinguishing robot. The vehicle had arrived from Falkensee in Brandenburg, Witt said. The hotspots defined on the site can now be cooled by two firefighting robots and a firefighting tank. The fire brigade continues to fight smaller fires in the danger zone. "There are places we can't get to," said the fire department spokesman. Occasionally smaller fires can be observed again and again. "But we're not allowed to take action there yet, because only armored vehicles still have access there."
Witt spoke of a very dynamic situation in which a lot could change in the short term. The situation in the center remains explosive. "We're still talking about a very acute danger at the blast site," said the fire department spokesman. "If special forces now enter the scene directly, that does not mean that there is no danger, but that it is very much there." The work on the blasting site is life-threatening.
After the three-day route closure, rail traffic is now back to normal. That applies to regional and long-distance traffic, said a spokesman for Deutsche Bahn on Sunday in Berlin. The fire brigade released the train route again on Saturday in consultation with the police. S-Bahn, regional trains, IC and ICE were affected. The Avus called Autobahn 115, however, remains closed.
