Saxony: Burned over 100 straw bales: suspected arson

Mühlbach (dpa/sn) - In the Frankenberg district of Mühlbach (Middle Saxony district), around 110 straw bales burned down on Sunday night. There is suspicion of arson, said the Chemnitz police department. The fire brigade was able to extinguish the flames after some time, nobody was injured. According to the police report, the round bales were stacked on a site on Frankenberger Straße. The property damage was estimated at around 5000 euros. Connections between two previous barn fires in September of this year in Mühlbach cannot be ruled out at this time, it said.