Arson Fire Poland - A 750-year-old tree in Poland, which is also believed to be the oldest in the country, was damaged last week from a suspected arson fire. On Monday, Jerzy Wilanowski, deputy chief forest ranger in Szprotawa, said the arson fire Poland incident was battled by firefighters for more than 30 hours.
The firefighters reportedly used water and foam to put out the blaze from the arson fire Poland episode. According to the Associated Press, foresters noticed the fire Tuesday morning.
The tree, nicknamed "Chrobry" after a Polish medieval king, has a trunk circumference of not more than 33 feet, with a height of more than 92 feet. The arson fire Poland incident is considered a tragedy since the oak is protected by law.
The police are investigating the possible arsonist who could face up to 10 years in prison once convicted.
According to Wilanowski, they will have to wait until May to know whether the tree has survived the arson fire Poland incident. They will reportedly know if such has happened if the tree grows new shoots. He added that there has been a case of an old oak tree that survived a fire.
"I was sure that the "grandpa" would survive me, but now I'm not so sure," Wilanowski told The Associated Press.
Wilanowski referred to the tree in an affectionate way saying, "We have to wait."
A few branches were reportedly cut from the tree after the arson fire Poland occurrence, and this has been to preserve the oak's genetic material in ever it doesn't survive. Fresh acorns were also put "with reverence" into pots to grow.
According to Canada Journal, oaks from Chrobry's acorns that had grown earlier spread in more than a dozen hectares of the forest, making it truly valuable for the forest's growth.
In 1967, Chrobry was declared a national monument. Laws protecting the tree involved in the arson fire Poland tragedy had already been put in place before World War II in order to protect it.
The tree is the third largest in Central Europe and it has marked a border between principalities during past centuries, reports News Addicted.
"What kind of smoldering anger must a man have to do something like that?" said a quote from Polish news reports about the apparent arson fire Poland incident.
The area of the arson fire Poland occurrence has also been visited by Pope John Paul II, who blessed the acorns from the tree in 2004. Those acorns have since produced 500 seedlings, now known as "Papal oaks," and they have been planted throughout the country.
Acorns and branches from the tree were gathered after the arson fire Poland incident for preservation of genetic material, reports the AP.
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