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Statistical Yearbook 2004 - Fires
Ministry of Interior - General Directorate of Fire & Rescue Service of the Czech Republic

Prague

March 1^st – Printing plant of the Naše vojsko – tiskárny joint company, Prague 6

Cause: arson.
Damage: 11.6 mil. CZK

August 27^th – Two-story assemble building (so called TESKO building) in the area of the 2^nd Medical Faculty of the Charles University, Prague 5

Cause: technical failure of wiring system
Damage: 14 mil. CZK
Injured: three firefighters

November 23^rd – Apartment building, Prague 9

Cause: under investigation
Damage: 5 mil. CZK
Fatalities: one person
Injured: one person
Evacuated or rescued: 15 people

Central Bohemia Region

March 13^th – Joiner workshop in furniture factory, the Interier Miriam Ltd., Divišov, the Benešov district

Cause: arson
Damage: 8.6 mil. CZK.

May 1^st – Paint shop of former LIAZ automobile company, now owned by the IMPERIO Ltd. Company, Mnichovo Hradiště, the Mladá Boleslav district

Cause: carelessness while cutting by oxy-acetylene welder
Damage: 5 mil. CZK

May 27^th – Bulk hayloft, Kobylníky, the Kladno district

Cause: arson
Damage: 6 mil. CZK

June 13^th – Drying plant of crushed rubber in the coagulation shop, Kaučuk Kralupy Company, the Mělník district

Cause: not found
Damage: 5.267 mil. CZK.

South Bohemia Region

January 21^st – Store of material for window production, Elk Company, Planá upon Lužnice, the Tábor district

Cause: technical failure – short circuit of a heating panel
Damage: 18.1 mil. CZK
Injured: 2 people

December 24^th – Sawmill department in Loučej, the Český Krumlov district.

Cause: under investigation
Damage: 7.1 mil. CZK

Pilsen Region

June 10^th – Grinder in a production hall, the RUMPOLD Ltd. Company, Mýto branch, the Rokycany district.

Cause: technical failure in a grinder
Damage: 6 mil. CZK

November 17^th – Heat insulation of a cooling tower under construction in the area of the Škoda – Pilsen Energetic Company, Pilsen

Cause: carelessness with welding
Damage: 8 mil. CZK

Karlovy Vary Region

June 22^nd – Trailer-towing vehicle loaded with car seats, on the road No. I/21, the Cheb district

Cause: technical failure of brakes
Damage: 5 mil. CZK

Ústí upon Labe Region

January 25^th – Roof of a pickling hall in ironworks, the FERROMET GROUP Ltd. Company, Chomutov.

Cause: under investigation
Damage: 17 mil. CZK
Injured: one person

June 10^th – Furniture retail, the ALLIANS REAL STATE Company, Ltd., Teplice

Cause: children play with lighter
Damage: 25.478 mil. CZK

June 21^st – Baking oven for ceramics, the SILIKE Company, Ltd., Děčín-Rozběleny.

Cause: gas explosion
Damage: 6 mil. CZK

August 23^rd – Harvester with corn and straw in a field, Nepomyšl, the Louny district

Cause: technical failure – friction and overheating
Damage: 5.351 mil. CZK

November 17^th – Production building, offices, despatch and store of foam rubber, Krupka, the Teplice district

Cause: self ignition of foam rubber
Damage: 12 mil. CZK

November 23^rd – Restaurant of the Partyzán hotel in mountains, Chomutov

Cause: carelessness with fire
Damage: 6 mil. CZK
Injured: one person

November 30^th – Cotton store of the Schoeller company, Litvínov, the Most district

Cause: technical failure – short circuit of a fluorescent lamp
Damage: 105 mil. CZK

Liberec Region

April 7^th – Refrigerators recycling line, the Praktik Ltd. Company, Liberec

Cause: explosion followed by fire in a grinder space
Damage: 12 mil. CZK.
Injured: three people

December 15^th – Closing room of the Slezan company, Frýdlant, the Liberec district

Cause: technical failure of a starting relay of refrigeration compressor
Damage: 10 mil. CZK
Injured: one person

Hradec Králové Region

March 23^rd – the ZBA earthwork machine of the GeoTech Company Ltd., construction site of the Lídl market hall, Hradec Králové

Cause: ignition of leaked gas after breaking of intermediate pressure pipeline
Damage: 16 mil. CZK

August 26^th – Production hall of a sugar factory, the Cukrovary TTD company, České Meziříčí, the Rychnov upon Kněžna district

Cause: under investigation.
Damage: 70 mil. CZK.

September 27^th – Store of metallurgical material, the ZPA Company. Nová Paka, the Jičín district

Cause: under investigation.
Damage: 50 mil. CZK.

Vysočina Region

September 2^nd – Tank with light petrol of the MKM WOOD Company Ltd. Čáslav, on the road at the D1 highway between 120^th and 122^nd kilometres, direction to Prague near Jihlava, the Jihlava district

Cause: road accident
Damage: 5.758 mil. CZK
Fatalities: one person

South Moravia Region

January 30^th – Assemble building (so called TESKO building) of Aeroklub, Brno – Medlánky

Cause: under investigation.
Damage: 9.913 mil. CZK

June 21^st – Five-storey apartment building in downtown, Brno

Cause: leakage of natural gas followed by explosion
Damage: 7.25 mil. CZK
Rescued: 64 people
Fatalities: four people
Injured: nine people

Zlín Region

August 27^th – Store of electronics and computer assembling hall of the SWS Company in Slušovice, the Zlín district

Cause: ignition of flammable materials near block heater
Damage: 77 mil. CZK

Olomouc region

May 4^th – Production of wooden pallets and paper in the FAJA company in Slavonín, the Olomouc district

Cause: under investigation
Damage: 6.849 mil. CZK

June 28^th – Organ production plant, Prostějov

Cause: technical failure of an exhauster
Damage: 12 mil. CZK

Moravian-Silesian Region

February 1^st – Blast furnace installation: production hall, coke store tank, conveyor, crane and pipelines with coke oven gas, the Vysoké pece Ostrava Company, Ostrava-Kunčice

Cause: unforeseen changes of operative parameters – shot of charge from a blast furnace and glowing material spillage
Damage: 51.112 mil. CZK.

May 29^th – Production shops of the Nábytek Polách Company, Rýžoviště, the Bruntál district

Cause: technical failure of electrical wiring of fork lifter
Damage: 15 mil. CZK
Injured: two people

October 31^st – Distributing box, lift and ventilation engine room of telephone exchange in the Czech Telecom Company, Ostrava

Cause: technical failure of electrical coupling at a 380 V cable laying near a toll cable
Damage: 83 mil. CZK

November 8^th service station and body workshop of the Peugeot Company, Ostrava-Fifejdy

Cause: carelessness while welding
Damage: 6 mil. CZK

December 18^th – BREDA department store in Opava

Cause: under investigation
Damage: 15 mil. CZK
Injured: one person