Emergency companies attend the scene of a fireplace at a restaurant in Most, Czech Republic, Sunday Jan. 12, 2025. (Ondrej Hajek/CTK through AP)
PRAGUE – A hearth broke out in a restaurant in northern Czech Republic, killing six individuals and leaving six others with critical accidents, officers mentioned Sunday.
Firefighters mentioned the U Kojota restaurant within the metropolis of Most, some 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Prague, was nonetheless open when the hearth began earlier than midnight Saturday. Police and firefighters mentioned the seemingly trigger was a fuel heater that overturned.
It took greater than 60 firefighters till 1 a.m. to get the hearth below management. The injured had been handled in hospitals in Most and close by cities. An investigation was underway.
Inside Minister Vit Rakusan, who visited the positioning Sunday morning, mentioned some 30 individuals had been evacuated from the restaurant and a close-by condo home.
Most Mayor Marek Hrvol mentioned it was the worst such tragedy within the metropolis’s latest historical past.
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