Industrial hall fire in Žebrák contained

The large fire that broke out in an industrial hall in Žebrák in the Beroun region on Monday has been contained and is no longer spreading, the Czech News Agency reports. Firefighters are continuing to work on extinguishing the fire, assisted by a Blackhawk helicopter with a helibucket. It has now been revealed that the hall belongs to Novares CZ Zebrak, which produces plastic parts for cars.

Traffic on the D5 motorway, which was closed in both directions between kilometres 34 and 41 for about three hours due to the fire, has now been resumed with a reduced speed limit.