# Germany news: Fire at Berlin refugee home sparks evacuations

https://mins.news/en/item/36527

- DW, 2026-08-29 09:08 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-fire-at-berlin-refugee-home-sparks-evacuations/live-78555302?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A fire broke out early Saturday in the fourth-floor hallway of a refugee shelter in Berlin-Spandau, with smoke spreading to the two floors above. Several hundred residents were evacuated; four people were treated for smoke inhalation and three were hospitalized. The cause remains unknown.