In a house in the city center of Norderstedt in Schleswig-Holstein, a neighboring apartment burned after a break-in in a bank branch.
According to the current state of the investigation, strangers forced their way into the bank rooms after business hours on Friday afternoon and Sunday noon, the police announced on Monday evening.
An employee of the bank noticed the break-in on Sunday afternoon and informed the police.
On Monday morning there was a fire in an apartment in the same building.
Whether there is a connection will be determined.
"Spectacular coup"
According to a report in the "Hamburger Abendblatt" newspaper, it was a "spectacular coup" in which the perpetrators broke into lockers.
According to information from the newspaper, the burglars are said to have used an empty apartment above the branch to break a large hole in the concrete ceiling with a core drill, through which they could get into the rooms of the bank.
Neighbors would have kept the noise for renovation work.
The police did not provide any information about the stolen property.
According to the newspaper report, the damage could run into the hundreds of thousands.
aar / dpa