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Material leakage from a chemical plant in France leads to odor nuisances in the German area near the border.
The Saarbrücken fire department warns of unpleasant odors caused by a material leak at the Carling chemical plant in France.
In Völklingen, especially in the districts of Lauterbach and Ludweiler as well as in the municipality of Großrosseln with the districts of Dorf im Warndt, Naßweiler and St. Nikolaus, odor nuisances can occur.
The fire department asks residents to inform their neighbors, turn off the ventilation and keep windows and doors closed. As soon as the danger has passed, the fire department will inform you.
In Thailand, floods in 29 provinces and Bangkok have killed at least 22 people and affected over 2.6 million people. The government has decided to provide emergency aid worth around 107 million euros while the flood situation remains tense.
A burst water pipe in Berlin-Siemensstadt filled cellars, washed out streets and led to evacuation measures. Over 1,200 residents were temporarily without water and electricity. A five-story apartment building must be evacuated while structural engineers check the building's safety. According to initial findings, no people were injured.
A forest fire in the Voigtsgrüner Forest near Plauen has covered an area of 4,500 to 5,000 square meters. The fire initially spread quickly due to wind and difficult-to-access terrain, but emergency services were able to prevent it from spreading further. In the early evening, almost 100 helpers were busy extinguishing the fire, although the situation remains difficult due to a single access route and shuttle traffic from tank fire trucks.

Food waste in the EU is 129 kilograms per person. The numbers rose slightly to 57.9 million tons of total waste. While households make up the largest share, new EU guidelines set binding reduction targets by 2030.
According to the German Weather Service, September in Rhineland-Palatinate was exceptionally dry, warm and sunny. With only 19 liters of precipitation per square meter, it is one of the five driest September months since 1881, which leads to low water levels in the Rhine.
At the Bülk sewage treatment plant in Strande, a test facility for CO2 capture is being expanded into a pilot plant. Up to 625 tons of CO2 are to be removed from exhaust gases every year and sent into the Baltic Sea as hydrogen carbonate.