The last 24 hours brought a series of tragic events across the country. In Poznań, a dangerous fire broke out in a tenement house, injuring firefighters, while several people died on the roads, including a motorcyclist and car drivers. The most serious disruptions were recorded on the A4 motorway near Wrocław and on national roads in the Opole, Lesser Poland, and Pomeranian voivodeships, where numerous pile-ups and head-on collisions occurred.
Tenement house fire in Poznań
Evening fire in the city center on Świętosławska Street; two firefighters were injured during the operation.
Series of fatalities
A van driver died on DK94, a motorcyclist in Greater Poland, and a 63-year-old woman who was not wearing a seatbelt.
Paralysis of the A4 motorway
Pile-up of four vehicles near Wrocław and a separate accident at the Bielany junction involving an LPR helicopter.
Major failure in Wrocław
City residents were left without heating and hot water due to a serious network fault.
Friday, February 27, 2026, was recorded as an exceptionally unfortunate day for public safety in Poland. The most serious urban incident was a fire in a tenement house on Świętosławska Street in Poznań. The fire, which broke out in the late evening hours, forced services to conduct a large-scale firefighting operation. During the operation, two fire service officers were injured. The situation in the city center was dynamic, with smoke felt in neighboring districts. This is another such incident in the capital of Greater Poland, raising discussion about the technical condition of historic buildings. According to statistics from the National Police Headquarters, the transition from winter to spring is a period when the number of road accidents often increases due to variable road surface traction and driver fatigue.The situation on national roads was even more dramatic. In Ładna in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a fatal accident occurred on national road No. 94, resulting in the death of a van driver. Another tragedy unfolded in the Greater Poland region, where a motorcyclist lost his life. Near Wrocław, on the A4 motorway, a pile-up involving four vehicles occurred, paralyzing traffic towards the capital of Lower Silesia for many hours. Rescuers had to use a helicopter from the Air Ambulance Service for an accident in Bielany Wrocławskie, where injured persons were trapped in wrecked cars. The day also saw numerous collisions involving BMW cars – rollovers and impacts with barriers occurred, among other places, in Siedliska, Fabianów, and on the route between Starzyn and Werblinia. In the town of Igłowice, a truck transporting cold cuts fell into a ditch, completely blocking passage. The evening's tally was completed by a failure of the heating network in Wrocław, leaving residents without heating on a frosty night. Technical services worked to fix the fault while the fight against the fire in the Poznań tenement was still ongoing. „Sytuacja na miejscu była niezwykle trudna ze względu na silne zadymienie oraz konieczność ewakuacji mieszkańców z zagrożonej strefy.” (The situation on-site was extremely difficult due to heavy smoke and the necessity to evacuate residents from the endangered zone.) — Rescue services statement