German authorities shut down the famous Oktoberfest in Munich on Wednesday following an explosion and fire in a residential building in the north of the city, and said the festival would remain closed...

Police and firefighters were out in large numbers along Munich's Lerchenauer Strasse arterial road on Wednesday morning, but there is currently no danger to the public in the city known for Oktoberfes...

The site reopened on Wednesday evening after being closed for several hours due to a bomb threat issued by the suspected perpetrator of an explosion and fire at a house in northern Munich.