Czech rescue team returns from Beirut

A team of over two dozen Czech fire officers specialised in rescue work has returned from Lebanon, where they were helping in the search for victims of a devastating blast in Beirut last week. The first part of the Czech group, which included dog handlers, landed at Prague’s Kbely airfield, on Tuesday. The members of the Czech team will now go into quarantine for two weeks.

Author: Ian Willoughby