25 February 2023 at 22:39 Mayor of Kragerø about the fire: – Tragic – It is tragic what is unfolding right now. Now the most important thing is to try to get an overview and control of the situation, says Grunde Wegar Knudsen, the mayor of Kragerø, to news. The municipality deployed emergency staff when it became known that there was a serious fire. 11 people have so far been evacuated. – We first took the evacuees into the town hall, and they are now at the Kragerø hotel where they are being received by personnel, he says. – I spoke to some of the evacuees before they left the town hall. They are despondent, uncertain and frightened, says the mayor.
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