– We have secured the fridge and it will be examined, says operations manager Øystein Eikedalen at the police. No one was injured in the fire, according to the police. Two adults and a child lived in the apartment. The apartment became uninhabitable due to a lot of smoke. Heard a bang The fire in the fridge was discovered when there was a bang, according to fire chief Ivar Paulsen of the Vestfold intermunicipal fire service. The fridge must then have been on full fire. The family in the apartment got out. He says the male resident’s efforts and help from a neighbor prevented a major fire. The neighbor had a house fire hose thrown down on the man. The man flushes until the fire brigade arrives. – The person stands in the verandah door in just his panties and flushes into the kitchen, where there is full over-ignition and the flames roll up to the ceiling. The effort keeps the fire under control until we arrive, says Paulsen on Twitter. He says to news that smoke divers entered the apartment and extinguished the fire. . Photo: Vestfold intermunicipal fire service Flushing from the veranda Fire crews took out the fridge and demolished parts of the kitchen furniture. The other residents of the apartment building can still live in their homes. The police reported the fire shortly before 01:00. Just over an hour later, the emergency services were on the scene. According to the Vestfold intermunicipal fire service, 136 fires in Norway have started in refrigerators or freezers since 2016.
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Refrigerators must be examined after a fire – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
