"Munich's mayor has said the Oktoberfest beer festival grounds will reopen at 5:30 p.m. local time, as police have found no threat to the event following a house fire and suspected suicide in the city's north. The house blaze, linked to a family dispute, left one person dead and another injured, with explosive traps detected inside the home. A statement on Munich's city website said the festival grounds would be closed "due to a bomb threat in connection with the explosion in northern Munich.""
"The Oktoberfest in central Munich will reopen at 5:30 p.m. local time (roughly two hours from now, at 1530 GMT/UTC), Munich's Mayor Dieter Reiter said in a video posted to Instagram. He said police had told him there was no cause for concern in allowing the delayed festival to open. Therefore, he said, the grounds on the Theresienwiese, where the annual festival is held, would be reopened."
The Oktoberfest grounds on the Theresienwiese in central Munich will reopen at 5:30 p.m. local time after authorities found no continuing danger. A house fire in northern Munich, linked to a family dispute, left one person dead and another injured. Explosive traps were detected inside the home and an apparent explosive device was found in a backpack near Lerchenauer See, requiring defusal. The grounds were temporarily closed due to a bomb threat connected to an explosion in northern Munich. Investigations are ongoing while festival operations resume under heightened security measures.
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