Smoker arrested after blaze on Berlin S-Bahn
By Olivia Logan
A 63-year-old woman has been arrested after her lit cigarette led to an S-Bahn carriage catching fire in Berlin, causing transport delays and disruption.
Smoking woman sets Berlin S-Bahn alight
Police in Berlin arrested a 63-year-old woman for aggravated arson after she lit a cigarette onboard an S-Bahn train which promptly went up in flames.
The cigarette set two upholstered seating areas and part of the train roof alight near Bellevue station in Berlin-Mitte.
120 passengers were evacuated from the train and 30 vehicles brought 90 emergency services workers to the scene.
Cigarette fire causes transport disruption
Luckily, no passengers were harmed during the fire, but S-Bahn staff were treated for smoke inhalation.
The fire, which began in the morning, led to widespread transport disruption in central Berlin, with the city’s arterial S-Bahn line seeing delays into the afternoon.
Thumb image credit: Anze Furlan / Shutterstock.com
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Editor for Germany at IamExpat Media. Olivia first came to Germany in 2013 to work as an Au Pair. Since studying English Literature and German in Scotland, Freiburg and Berlin she has worked as a features journalist and news editor.Read more