Six feared dead in Czech restaurant inferno

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Six feared dead in Czech restaurant inferno

A restaurant fire outbreak in a northwestern city of the Czech Republic killed at least six people and injured eight.

Posting on Facebook on Sunday, local fire service said the inferno spread extremely fast after a patio gas heater was probably knocked over.

It was gathered that the fire broke out in a wooden beer garden adjacent to the U Kojota restaurant at a housing estate in the city of Most, about 70 kilometre northwest of the capital, Prague.

According to the fire service, the incident was reported at 2217 GMT on Saturday and was under control by midnight.

“Despite all efforts… the fire had tragic consequences for six people,” it said.

It added that eight others were injured, six of them seriously, and all were taken to hospitals with burns.

Regional emergency service director, Petr Bures, said that five were taken to Prague, two to the Most hospital and one to the regional capital of Usti nad Labem.

“Some of them have really serious injuries and their lives are in danger,” Bures said.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister, Vit Rakusan, said on X that around 30 people were evacuated from the restaurant and an adjacent block of flats.