Shortly after midnight, the fire service in Stavanger received a report of a fire in a terraced house in Mjughauglia in the district of Kvernevik. This house was one in a row of five. – It probably started in one of the flats in the middle and has spread through the roof and out to a total of four of the flats, says on-duty fire chief Frode Strøm to news at 05:00 on Friday morning. Strøm left it to the police to say something about the cause of the fire, but he states that all those who lived in the five terraced houses have been evacuated and dealt with. A total of 32 people are now accommodated in accommodation near the fire station. Was full of fire There was a good fire in the first apartment when the fire brigade arrived just after midnight. – The second apartment caught fire within a short time and terraced houses number three and four were also destroyed, says on-duty fire chief Frode Strøm. When news spoke to Strøm at 05:00, the fire service was fighting to save the fifth house in the row. At around 06.30 the message came that the fire had now been extinguished. – The extinguishing work is still going on. The fire has calmed down, but the extinguishing will continue in the morning hours, says Strøm. Older houses The five terraced houses are from the 1980s. Several neighbors have received text messages from the fire service to close the windows so that the smoke from the fire does not enter the house.
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32 people evacuated after terraced house fire in Kvernevik in Stavanger – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
