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One person was injured in a fire in a carpentry shop in Kirchberg.
One person was injured in a fire in a carpentry shop in Kirchberg in the Rhein-Hunsrück district.
There is currently no information on the severity of the injuries, said a spokesman for the fire department in Koblenz.
The fire brigade was able to quickly extinguish the fire in the Bärenbach district, but then embers still had to be fought.
35 fire brigade vehicles were in action.
As a precaution, residents were asked to keep windows and doors closed.
A 58-year-old was seriously injured in a rear-end collision on the A5 near Karlsruhe after his van crashed into a truck. The fire department freed the trapped driver and a rescue helicopter took him to hospital. The highway was closed briefly.
There was a fire in a cinema in Frankfurt that night. The fire alarm system triggered an alarm around midnight and the sprinkler system had already gone off. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire and the amount of damage are still unclear.
On the A4 between Friedewald and Wildeck-Hönebach, a truck is blocking both lanes heading east. The driver was presumably uninjured, the cause is unclear. The closure is expected to remain in place for some time.
A truck driver slowly crossed into oncoming traffic on federal highway 12 near Kaufbeuren for reasons unknown and collided with another truck and a van. Three people were seriously injured and one person was slightly injured. The route between Kaufbeuren and Altdorf was closed for several hours and the damage is estimated at around 100,000 euros.
A major explosion was triggered by a deflagration at a specialty chemicals company in Lahnstein. The cause is still unknown. The factory fire brigade and other forces were on site because the water supply was limited due to low water in the Rhine. Air measurements showed no danger to the population.
Due to structural inspections and the repair of a damaged tendon, the right lanes on Berlin's Rudolf Wissell Bridge (A100) will be closed for two weeks. The motorway company recommends avoiding the structure as far as possible.