On Saturday, 24 October 2026, a fire broke out at night at a family house in Velká Hleďsebe in the Cheb area of the Karlovy Vary Region. One person died and three others were taken to the hospital in Cheb.[1][2]
According to Karlovarská Drbna, eight fire brigade units attended the scene.[2] The fire affected part of the single-storey house; after extinguishing it, the firefighters ventilated the building and searched for hidden hotspots with a thermal camera. They remained at the scene for over two hours.[1]
The spokesperson of the ambulance service said that four people were at the scene and five crews were dispatched. Paramedics took three treated people to the hospital in Cheb on suspicion of smoke inhalation; one of them had minor burns. A doctor pronounced the fourth person dead at the scene.[1][2]
A police spokesman said that the identity of the deceased will not be made public. The police are investigating the cause of the fire and the amount of damage together with the fire brigade.[1]
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Chronology
- — One person died and three others were taken to Cheb hospital after paramedics treated them following a night fire at a family house in Velká Hleďsebe in the Cheb District of the Karlovy Vary Region on Saturday. iDNES.cz: Karlovy Vary Karlovarská Drbna
Sources
- iDNES.cz: Karlovy Vary — 25 October 2026
- Karlovarská Drbna — 25 October 2026