Power restored to south-west Berlin after worst outage since WWII
Jan 08, 2026
Berlin [Germany], January 8: All residents of south-western Berlin were back on the grid on Wednesday following an attack on power supplies that left tens of thousands in the dark for days in what became the longest outage in the German capital's post-war history.
All households have been reconnected as of 2.10pm, Berlin's senator for economic affairs, Franziska Giffey, said, after some 170 workers raced to repair high-voltage cables and set up replacement lines, working around the clock.
Some 45,000 households and over 2,200 businesses in Berlin's Nikolassee, Zehlendorf, Wannsee and Lichterfelde neighbourhoods were cut off early Saturday after high-voltage cables leading to a power station were set ablaze by what Berlin authorities believe was a group of left-wing militants.
According to Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, some 100,000 people were initially left without electricity and heating. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
