Casualties after fire in central Prague hotel

Four people died and several were injured after a fire broke out on Saturday evening at the Eurostars David Hotel in central Prague, situated on a narrow street a block away from the Vltava River.

Two people died on Saturday and were identified by police yesterday as a German man born in 1996, and a South Korean woman born in 1997.

A hospital spokesman said two more people who died yesterday were women, still to be identified.

Nine people were taken to hospital with serious injuries.