Arsung in Berlin's discotheque: Sprinkler prevent worse inferno!

Arsung in Berlin's discotheque: Sprinkler prevent worse inferno!

In the night of June 5, 2025, in Berlin-Mitte, more precisely on Mohrenstrasse, there was a serious case of arson. At around 3:40 a.m., residents alerted the emergency services after three unknown men wanted to put a fire in front of the entrance area of a discotheque. According to the information from Fireworld was one of the perpetrator flags with a gully's cover, while the other two four four fire rates were placed in front of the local and threw another inside.

The perpetrators then fled towards Oberwallstrasse. Luckily for the affected premises that the automatically triggering sprinkler systems in the discotheque reacted quickly. They deleted the foci of the fire before the fire brigade arrived, which prevented significantly worse damage, such as Berliner Zeitung reported.

effectiveness of the sprinkler systems

The immediate reaction of the sprinkler systems illustrates their great importance in fire protection. According to a statistics from the Federal Association of German Fire extinguishers (BVFA), these systems have proven to be particularly efficient. In 2022, 65 percent of all reported extinguishing successes were achieved by sprinkler systems with one or two sprinklers. They are particularly indispensable in objects with a high risk of fire, such as in the electronics industry or metal processing. You can not only contain fires, but also enable conclusions to be drawn about risk focuses on the statistics of In the current incident in Mohrenstrasse, the quick reaction of the sprinkler systems was decisive. Their ability to work automatically and alert the fire brigade made it possible to contain the flames until the emergency services arrive. This not only prevents major damage to the building, but also preserves the life of possible residents and passers -by.