At 07:00 the police confirm that the fire at the other address has been extinguished, the fire service is still putting out the fire in the house that caught fire. Extinguishing work is ongoing at one address in Gakori in Alta, the emergency services are on site. The occupants of the burnt-out house have been accounted for, report manager Steinar Aas Andersen. – No one was injured, but several houses were evacuated after a fire started in a garage in Alta on Thursday morning, says operations manager John-Kåre Olsen in the Finnmark police district. The incident leader warns that there is a possible arsonist that gets loose. – The fire service is in the process of getting the fires under control, Andersen says. At the other address, there was a shed that caught fire, so there is no fire damage to the house to which the shed is attached, says Andersen. No one was injured, but several houses were evacuated after a fire started in a garage in Alta on Thursday morning. Photo: Christian Kråkenes / news Using a drone in the search for possible perpetrators Task leader Andersen asks people to be vigilant. Because in addition to evacuation and firefighting, the police work with drones to search for potential perpetrators. The police do not have an overview of the number of evacuees. They cut the power to ten to fifteen houses in the vicinity. Olsen says that they are now working on an investigation at the site and to control the residents in the area. The police in Finnmark report that there is a high risk of spreading to other buildings, and ask residents in Gakori to close their windows, as there is a risk of smoke and gases in the area. One fire should be smaller than the other.
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