Two people are dead and seven are seriously injured following a fire at a central Prague hotel.
The 76-room four-star Eurostars David Hotel is a 19th-century building and is popular with tourists visiting the Czech capital.
Local emergency services report that 40 people were evacuated after the blaze broke out on the ground floor on Saturday.
Officials in the Czech Republic say two people have died following a fire at the 'Eurostars David' hotel in Prague
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“I can confirm we could not help two people,” Prague ambulance spokeswoman Jana Postova said, as reported by Telegraph.co.uk.
“We are treating seven people, of them three are in a serious condition. Two needed lung ventilation.”
2 dead, 8 injured (4 seriously) after fire in Hotel Eurostars David in #Prague, #CzechRepublic + 2 firefighters injured. / Source: Prague Ambulance + Fire dpt pic.twitter.com/7FzKOoIAtY
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Fire brigades attended the scene at 5pm local time; it took two hours to bring the fire under control.
“There are two [deaths] but we are afraid that won’t be the final figure,” Petr Kolouch of the Prague Emergency Medical Service furthermore stated.
