English Translation

Bodenamt für Böhmen und Mähren Prag,den 20.IV.1943. Forstdirektion Prag -West Deutschehof 65 • Der Kommentarische Leiter .. 6Number: 1532/Bw1-1943. Subject : Forest fire wats SaBesBMel 4 Tis ebrew bedod Installations : 1. 55 - 00084E ewte An der Bodenam für Böhmen und Mähren Directorate-General der Forste in P ra g. At 12.45 p.m. the locomotive of the railway line Rentsch - Neustraschitz in the area of the forest office Luzna , district Rentsch, department 41, developed a forest fire : In the prevailing drought and in wind from the direction of suOrT south-west the fire expanded very quickly, but - thanks to the existing forest fire defense organization - was already completely extinguished by l6.30 o'clock with the help of the l4 forest fire guards serving along the railway track and the immediately alarmed forest workers and local workers, together with about 600 workers. This brand fell to the victim about 28 to 30 ha l0 to 20 years old: spruce and pine culture,stocking O.9, with larch, oak and birch admixture. The coniferous woods burned, the hardwood mixture will perhaps still regenerate.