Butane bottle explodes in the middle of the night in a restaurant in the Czech Republic, leaving six dead

A propane-butane bottle exploded in the middle of the night in a restaurant in the Czech city of Mostec, in the west of the country. According to the first information from witnesses, the heating went off and a fire broke out. In the tragedy, 6 people have died and another 8 have been taken to hospital with injuries, after twelve firefighter units responded to the scene.

After arriving at the scene, the commander decided to start extinguishing the fire and at the same time sent a group of firefighters to look for a guest of the restaurant. trapped in the bathroom. Officials managed to rescue him from the burning building, although he was seriously injured.

Firefighters evacuated 30 people from the restaurant area and neighboring buildings. The cause of the fire and the extent of the property damage are currently being investigated.

“I heard an explosion. I immediately realized that something had happened. Then the first firefighters and other people began to arrive, including ambulances honking their horns. You could already see the blue inferno from afar,” described one of the residents. from the adjacent area in Most to the regional environment Mostecky.

“During the firefighting, a member of the volunteer unit was injured. In the morning we waited for the arrival of the Minister of the InteriorVít Rakušan, and the general director of the HZS CR, Vladimír Vlček,” the firefighters reported on Facebook.

The popular Kojot restaurant in Mostek used propane-butane bottles to heat the glass annex.