Relatively calm New Year’s Eve for emergency services

This year’s New Year’s Eve was calmer for police, fire and medical services, the Czech Press Agency reports. Fire services around the country received a high volume of calls - twice the average in Prague. Most fires involved rubbish bins or greenery lit by fireworks. The most serious incidents were apparently unrelated to celebrations. Police have a suspect in the shooting of two men during a fight in the northern town of Tanvald. One road accident near Trutnov left one person dead and other in serious condition. A fire near Šumperk in Moravia threatened a leak of poisonous hydrogen cyanide, but was prevented.