A firefighter was hit by a car while extinguishing work on the B101 in Berlin and was seriously injured.

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The fire brigade was deployed due to an embankment fire, the police said on Monday. Accordingly, in the morning on the B101 towards Dresden at the transition from Berlin to Brandenburg, a driver collided with his car with one of the firefighters.