Depot containing illegally-imported German waste burns down

A depot full of illegal German waste burned down on Saturday evening in North Bohemia, with firefighters suspecting the cause to be arson. The depot was filled with waste textiles, imported illegally from Germany. The fire badly damaged the store, which was 50 x 30 metres in size. This is not the first such fire in region surrounding Frydlant, along the German border. In the last two years, firefighters have battled with three such depot fires. Recently in the region, environmental health inspectors have discovered 3062 tonnes of plastic, and 5357 tonnes of textiles imported illegally from Germany and stored particularly in agricultural outbuildings.