STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 668, sig. 109-4/416

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T THE HAZARD OF THE ORDER POLICIES PRAG XIX., the 8.5.1942. AT THE PROTECTOR OF THE ROETzig-Strasse 14. IN BÖHMENAND MÄHREN Fernruf: Fernamt Reichsprotektor Prag Ia 9t 71 - Location call: Sammlung-Nr. Prag 77355 and 77551 : Auxiliary number E Toa - d Morgenmeldung in Böhmán u. Müleen for the 7.5.42 of 00.o0 = 24.oo o'clock 1.) Forest fires in Bohemia: a) On 7.5. 42 - around 13.oo clock - near the Schoellerschachtes. near Libusch, Bez. Kladno, a fire broke out in a forest, which could be extinguished after about 2 hours. Cause of fire: probably sabotage. Fire damage height: not yet established. b) On 7.5.42 two fires broke out in the forests near Rentsch and Lunachitsch, Bez. Neu-Straschitz, which finally broke down and captured 6 - 7 km2 of forest. The fire could be contained 21,oo clock. To fight fire government troops and weapons were used beside the fires= defend the nearby villages. Cause of fire: scattering of fireplaces by saboteurs. (c) On 7.5.42 - about 15.oo o'clock - a fire broke out in the peasant forest near Laschowitz, e g e call Bez. Pürglitz, a forest fire which could be extinguished until l9.oo clock. onee d M er Brandurşache:,not yet fixed. Probably sabotage. To combat. a pole-comp. d) On the 7.5.42 - around 13 o'clock - a fire broke out in the forests around Hanna, south-east of Rakonitz, which covered about 8 km2 of forest. To fight fire the government force Rakoniz, weapons / and the "euerwehren of the nearby villages were used. The fire could be contained until nightfall on 7.5. Cause of fire: Sabotage by scattering fireplaces. e) On 7.5.42, against l4.oo clock, a fire broke out in the forest on the so-called Spitsberg (height 476) near Rakonitz, which could be extinguished until about 18.oo o'clock on 7.5.. Brand cause: unknown, probably sabotage. f) On 7.5.42 - around 16.oo h - broke in a forest near Sakolan, Bez. Prague/West, a forest fire that could be extinguished after about 3 hours. Cause of fire unknown. g) On 7.5.42 - around 19.oo clock - a fire broke out in a forest near Klanowitz, Bez. Brandeis on the Elbe, near the railway line Prague/Colin, which could be quenched after approximately 2 hours by government troops and the fire=wehr Kladnowitz. Cause of fire: probably has spark flight from a locomotive. h) On.7.5.42 - around 24.3 o'clock - a fire broke out in a forest near Lhota, Bez. Brandeis a.d.E.. The fire could be extinguished after about 3 hours. As cause of fire spark flight is assumed from a Locomotive. j) On 7.5.42 - against l4,oo clock - broke out in a. Wall near Braschna, Bez.( Selchan, a fire, which could be extinguished after about 5 hours. About lo ha pine forest were negated. Cause of fire unknown. j) - 115