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A 15-meter antenna mast fell onto the Ringbahn in Berlin during a storm on Thursday (Feb. 17).
The fire department deployed a crane to clear the track. The S-Bahn traffic on the Ringbahn line was interrupted between Hermannstraße and Südkreuz. Tempelhofer Damm was also closed off, as was the junction of the A100 city highway. The BVG bus lines 140 and 184 were also affected. A traffic jam formed on Tempelhofer Damm.