Staroměstská metro station closed for a month after fire

Prague’s Staroměstská metro station will remain closed for about a month after a weekend fire damaged its escalators, the city’s transport operator DPP said on Monday. The fire broke out on Saturday evening necessitating the evacuation of dozens of people. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire fairly quickly preventing widespread damage, but the escalators will now need to be taken apart and cleaned, a DPP spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The metro now passes through the station without stopping.

Meanwhile police say they have identified six young men believed to be connected to the incident. A newly released video shows them drinking on the escalator and one of them tossing away a lit object. All members of the group are being questioned.