New Year's Eve in Munich: Fire brigade fights against numerous balcony fires!

New Year's Eve in Munich: Fire brigade fights against numerous balcony fires!

During New Year's Eve 2024/2025, the fire brigade and emergency services in Munich had to continuously deploy numerous missions. During the New Year's Day, smaller fires occurred several times, especially at garbage cans and containers. The first noteworthy use took place at 10:04 p.m. in a high -rise in the exhibition city of Riem, where a fireworks rocket triggered a balcony fire on the first floor. The flames spread quickly, with several balconies and apartments being affected. Thanks to an extensive extinguishing attack with several pipes and a turntable ladder, further damage could be prevented. The property damage is estimated at at least 50,000 euros.

increasing number of operations due to serious injuries

As the night progresses, the emergency calls in the integrated control center skyrocketed. In order to do justice to the rush, the staff was increased and the number of rescue equipment was increased. As a result, the emergency services were able to react quickly and to frequently prevent fires to overtake to apartments. Unfortunately, there were also numerous serious injuries from pyrotechnics among the approximately 402 emergency services that took place between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Especially three children aged two, eleven and fourteen years had to be transported in clinics due to serious injuries after being hit by New Year's Eve bangs.

More fire broke out in a garbage room in Riesenfeldstrasse at 1:01 a.m. and at 2:09 a.m. in a garbage can on Max-Wönner-Straße. In both cases, the firefighters had to open large parts of the building to suffocate the flames. Despite the challenges, the emergency services managed to avoid further fire transmissions to the apartments, which required a quick reaction and effective extinguishing measures. In 2025, a risky New Year's Eve was documented, which both the fire brigade and the emergency services presented with great challenges, reports fireworld.at and .