Eleven people to hospital after fire in block of flats – Latest news – news

16 October 2022 at 00:55 Eleven people to hospital after fire in block of flats Eleven people have been transported to the hospital in Kristiansand for a check-up after inhaling smoke from a block of flats fire in Kristiansand overnight to Sunday, according to assistant incident leader from the police in Agder Erlend Saue. No one appears to be seriously injured, he adds. The fire brigade used a lift to evacuate residents from the four-storey block of flats. A total of 65 people were evacuated, reports the police in Agder on Twitter. The police reported the fire at 11.40pm. Half an hour later, the fire service reported that it had been extinguished, but that there was a lot of smoke in the area. The police set up a temporary place of residence for those who were evacuated, while residents of the rise in question will be offered accommodation elsewhere. – Those in the other ups and downs will be able to move back, says operations manager Miriam Stausland in the Agder police district to NTB. The cause of the fire, which took place on the first floor, is not known.



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