2012-03-14, 03:05 AM
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/child-sm...-1.1255480
Not sure which is worse. The fact it caught on fire by children or that the children were 11 and 12.
Quote:A 14th century castle has burned down after two boys having a crafty cigarette set it alight.
The children, aged 11 and 12, set fire to undergrowth around Krasna Horka, in eastern Slovakia, leaving the 700-year-old fortress gutted.
A police spokesman said: Officers found that two local boys were trying to light up a cigarette and because of careless use of safety matches, they set grass at the castle hill on fire.
The castles roof burned down completely, as well as the new exhibition in the gothic palace and the bell tower. Three bells melted.
Almost 100 firemen brought in from surrounding areas managed to save 90 percent of the castles historical collections, including oil paintings and photographs of the castle from the end of the 19th century. - Daily Mail
Not sure which is worse. The fact it caught on fire by children or that the children were 11 and 12.