Investigation underway into fire at storage facilities near Nymburk

An investigation is underway into a fire that devastated the storage facilities of a private firm near the town of Nymburk on Friday night. Five professional and ten voluntary fire crews fought to contain the blaze in the night hours following a series of explosions on the site. Investigators are now ascertaining what was in the barrels that exploded and what caused the fire in the warehouse. A preliminary estimate of the damage has been set at one million crowns.