ドイツ・クレフェルトの動物園火災

　原因は中国風ランタンとのこと。5つ飛ばしたらしくあるうち，4つが火災現場辺りで見つかったということで，なんでまたそこまで殺意満々風な着弾するんだ，どこまでの不幸だ，と…。

BBC　Krefeld zoo fire: German police suspect three women 2 Jan 2020

　計三名の女性が自首。ドイツではこの種のランタン使用が禁止されているとは知らなかった（がための不幸な事故）という理解。不幸な事故ですますにはだいぶ損失が大きいのが大変に難。

「German police suspect a mother and her two adult daughters of having caused a deadly zoo fire by releasing illegal sky lanterns on New Year's Eve.

The blaze killed more than 30 animals, including rare apes and monkeys, in the western city of Krefeld.

Police say they have questioned the three women, local residents who are said to be "extremely sorry".

They allegedly did not realise that the lanterns - bought on the internet - were banned in Germany.」

「Flying "Chinese" lanterns have a solid fuel flame inside a thin paper shell. Police say five were let off, including four that were found near the gutted ape house.」

　そうまで貴重な動植物を収容しているんだからスプリンクラーとか用意しといてよ！というのも尤もだが。

「One firefighter, Andreas Klos, said: "We were amazed that the building burned down so quickly". He noted that it did not have a sprinkler system.」