In several federal states, the emergency numbers 110 and 112 for the police and fire brigade failed on Thursday morning.
There were warning messages from Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Leipzig, Brandenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, among others. The cause was initially unknown.
The police in Berlin announced that citizens in need should contact the local police section or call the citizen hotline on 030 46644664. A solution is being worked on at full speed. Further details were not known at first.
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior in Baden-Württemberg also announced in the early morning that the cause of the disruption was still unclear. It is also unknown when it will be remedied. The Interior Ministry asked people in the southwest to call the local police station in case of an emergency.
From the situation center of the state government of Saxony-Anhalt, it was said that the police and rescue services could not be reached via the mobile or landline network. Work is being carried out on troubleshooting. In an emergency, the police and fire brigade can be reached at their locations.
In Cologne there was a widespread failure of electricity, telephone network and drinking water. The malfunction will be resolved as soon as possible. The power consumption should be reduced to the bare minimum using rechargeable batteries and batteries.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the emergency number 112 in the Steinfurt district was canceled. In Hesse, the district and the city of Kassel were affected, where the emergency number 112 for fire and rescue services could not be reached due to a technical malfunction.
In all of Lower Saxony, in addition to the emergency numbers, the trunk lines of the police and hospitals were affected by the failure.
Numerous districts in the northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein were also affected.
In the morning, however, the first all-clear came: In Leipzig, the districts of Kiel, Rendsburg-Eckernförde and Plön in Schleswig-Holstein, the emergency numbers 110 and 112 could be reached by phone shortly after 6 a.m.