The Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic

Statistics

Statistical Yearbook 2005 - Fires

Major fire cases with loss of CZK 5 mil. and higher

Prague

• March 11^th - Light fitting storehouse of the IDEAL LUX company, Prague 9
  • Cause: technical failure of wiring system
  • Damage: 12.5 mil. CZK
  • Injured: two people
• June 17^th - Foodstuff storehouse of the WISSA Ltd., Prague 4 - Kunratice
  • Cause: not found
  • Damage: 15 mil. CZK
• November 12^th - the Globe theatre, Prague 7
  • Cause: not found
  • Damage: 23 mil. CZK

Central Bohemia Region

• February 2^nd - Timber hacienda EL PASO, Svojetice, the Prague-East district
  • Cause: not found
  • Damage: 15 mil. CZK.
• May 1^st - Provisory stores and barrels with oil, the AUTODOPRAVA company, Kladno
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 10 mil. CZK
• June 29^th - Two agricultural halls of the MASIV ARGO Ltd., Chodouň, the Beroun district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 20 mil. CZK
  • Injured: one person
• August 15^th - Discotheque building, Krnsko, the Mladá Boleslav district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 10 mil. CZK.
• December 10^th - Former water mill, partly occupied, Žehrov, the Mladá Boleslav district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 5 mil. CZK
  • Injured: two people

Pilsen Region

• June 24^th - Component storehouse, the Škoda ETD Transformátory joint company, ZAT PLC, Pilsen
  • Cause: carelessness with welding
  • Damage: 121 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 2 people
• July 28^th - Store of material for spectacle rims of the OPTIPLAST Ltd., Nýrsko, the Klatovy district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 15.176 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 2 people
• December 27^th - Forage storehouse of the Agro Staňkov Ltd., Kvíčovice, the Domažlice district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 10.224 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 2 people

Karlovy Vary Region

• March 3^rd - Belt conveyor actuator, of the SOKOLOVSKÁ UHELNÁ Ltd., Jiří Pit, the Sokolov district
  • Cause: not found
  • Damage: 9 mil. CZK

Ústí upon Labe Region

• December 12^th - Timber cottage, Arnoltice, the Děčín district
  • Cause: technical failure of a TV set
  • Damage: 8 mil. CZK

Liberec Region

• March 10^th - Restaurant and discotheque LUXOR, Česká Lípa
  • Cause: self-ignition of chemicals
  • Damage: 6 mil. CZK.
• October 23rd - Historical railway wagon and lustre outlet in Kamenický Šenov, the Česká Lípa district
  • Cause: arson
  • Damage: 10 mil. CZK.
• December 31^st - Bulk store of hay of the POZEMKOVÝ FOND ČR, Dolní Pihel, the Česká Lípa district
  • Cause: children under 15
  • Damage: 6.2 mil. CZK

Hradec Králové Region

• March 26^th - Service station of the TANAP Ltd., Jičín
  • Cause: not found
  • Damage: 10.521 mil. CZK

Pardubice Region

• August 7^th - Belt conveyers, batch bins, coaling space of a boiler-room of the ELEKTRÁRNY Opatovice power plant Ltd, the Pardubice district
  • Cause: technical failure of insulation in wiring
  • Damage: 30 mil. CZK.
• December 19^th - Production hall of shoe-laces of the GAMBA Ltd., Dolní Ředice, the Pardubice district
  • Cause: technical failure of a gas IR radiator
  • Damage: 13.6 mil. CZK.

South Moravia Region

• February 15^th - Production hall and storehouse of furniture of the HEMA plus Ltd., Bohemia Mobil Ltd., Brno
  • Cause: ignition of sooth in a chimney
  • Damage: 9.6 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 4 people
• April 1^st - Mechanical workshop and garages of the MKZ PLC company, Rájec-Jestřebí, the Blansko district
  • Cause: under investigation
  • Damage: 11.312 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 1 person
• April 15^th - Part of the Pernštejn Castle incl. deposits, Nedvědice, the Brno-venkov district
  • Cause: self-ignition of chemicals
  • Damage: 48 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 1 person
• August 2^nd - Piggery after reconstruction, AGRODRUŽSTVO Jevišovice, Mramotice, the Znojmo district
  • Cause: technical failure of wiring
  • Damage: 7.38 mil. CZK
• August 20^th - Production hall for car electronic systems of the EXTON Ltd., Znojmo
  • Cause: technical failure of wiring
  • Damage: 25 mil. CZK
• September 7^th - Metal workshop of the MEDIAEFEKT Ltd., Brno-Medlánky
  • Cause: technical failure
  • Damage: 10.483 mil. CZK
• November 6^th - Production hall and storehouse of toilet paper of the MORACELL Ltd., Zaječí, the Břeclav district
  • Cause: under investigation
  • Damage: 96.6 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 2 people
• November 21^st - Grocery storehouse halls, Brno
  • Cause: carelessness during live burning in a furnace
  • Damage: 16.93 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 2 people
• December 21^st - Roof of a gas boiler-room and a buffer stock of the GUMOTEX company, Břeclav
  • Cause: carelessness with welding by portable torch with bottled gas
  • Damage: 13 mil. CZK
  • Injured: 1 person

Olomouc region

• February 9^th - Roof of a production hall of the MONTÁŽE company in Přerov
  • Cause: carelessness with welding
  • Damage: 10 mil. CZK

Zlín Region

• February 2^nd - Production hall in liquidation of the ALIACHEM company, branch FATRA Napajedla, workroom in Chropyně, the Kroměříž district
  • Cause: carelessness with welding
  • Damage: 13.367 mil. CZK

Moravian-Silesian Region

• February 3^rd - Shopping centre Hlubina of the STYL INVEST REAL Ltd., Ostrava-Pustkovec
  • Cause: under investigation
  • Damage: 5.6 mil. CZK.
• May 29^th - Cooling trailer of a Polish truck, with frozen horsemeat, on the road near Jablunkov border crossing, the Frýdek-Místek district
  • Cause: technical failure of wiring in a trailer
  • Damage: 6.9 mil. CZK