The fire near the shooting range paralyzed the Prague metro. Firefighters closed stations on line B, passengers were stuck

A fire in the shooting range near the Rajská Zahrada station forced the closure of part of line B of the Prague metro on Monday evening. Restrictions apply until further notice.

Several stations on line B of the Prague metro were closed on Monday evening due to a fire in the shooting range near the Rajská zahrada station. The closure was also extended to the Černý most station and later to Českomoravská, writes TASR according to a report from the Novinky.cz server.

  • A fire broke out in the area of ​​the shooting range near the Rajská zahrada station in the evening.
  • The fire broke out on Monday before twenty o’clock in the evening local time.
  • Firefighters closed Rajská zahrada and Černý Most stations on line B.

“We are responding to a fire in the shooting range under the metro tube near the Rajská Zahrada station. The Černý most station is closed,” wrote the Prague fire department in a post on the X social network. The fire occurred before 8 p.m.

Restrictions on line B

“From 8:08 p.m., traffic between Zličín and Českomoravská stations is maintained. Traffic is stopped between Českomoravská and Černý Most stations,” said the Prague transport company. The date of the resumption of operations is not clear, the measures were issued “until further notice”.

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