– We have received confirmation that the person has died. That’s what Hilde Mari Musum, head of investigations at Levanger and Verdal police stations, says. – We do not have a secure identification of the person in question, but we are working on the basis that it is the person who lives at the place who has died. It is an adult woman, and next of kin have been notified. Heavy smoke The emergency services were alerted to the fire just before six o’clock this morning by passers-by. Heavy smoke was reported from the detached house on Ørmelen, and the deceased was retrieved by smoke divers. There were no visible flames at the scene, but a lot of smoke inside the house. – There is a lot of smoke inside, but no particularly visible flames. There is extensive damage to the inside of the house. Morten Brøndbo at the 110 switchboard in Namsos told news at seven o’clock this morning, and they got the fire under control. They searched the house. The detached house is close to several other homes, but there was no danger of the fire spreading. The police are on the scene with crime scene technicians working at the scene. Photo: Tariq Alisubh / news – There was only one person in the home, says Thomas Nessemo, emergency manager at the Central Fire Brigade. The police are now in the process of questioning. – We are now interviewing the person who reported the fire, and neighbors who came to the scene to find out as much as possible about how the fire developed, says Arnt Harald Aaslund, operations manager in Trøndelag police district. The cause of the fire is unknown. It is still unclear how the fire started. – It is too early to carry out technical investigations at the site yet, so for now we cannot say what is the cause of the fire, says Husum. The home has suffered extensive smoke damage. A proper forensic examination will be carried out as soon as it is safe to enter the house.
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Person taken out of burning home in Verdal – news Trøndelag
