Fire in Prague’s Letnany fairgrounds causes extensive damage

A fire in Prague’s Letnany fairgrounds caused extensive damage in the early hours of Friday, the ctk news agency reported. Fourteen fire crews were called to the emergency and a third degree fire alert was declared in the region. The smoke was visible from tens of kilometres away and people were warned to keep their windows closed. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Preliminary estimates of the damage are over 150 million crowns.