The next of kin have been notified, the police said. The fire service discovered the fire The emergency services responded on Saturday morning to a fire in a building that houses several apartments on the north side of the center of Halden. The fire was discovered by chance just before 09:00. – A fire engine drove past the scene in connection with another mission and then they saw smoke seeping out from the second floor of the building, says the emergency manager in the East police district, Arild Skarø. All emergency services were quickly notified. – Here there have been fierce flames and a lot of smoke, says Arild Skarø, task leader in the East police district. Photo: Per Øyvind Fange / news Several apartments – There have been quite fierce flames here, says Skarø. There are reportedly five apartments at the address. Nearby homes and neighbors were quickly evacuated. The police operations center stated at 09:30 that one of the residents had not been accounted for. A short time later, a person was taken out of the burning building by the fire brigade’s smoke divers. Health personnel started life-saving first aid, but life could not be saved, the police said at 12.21. The fire has now been extinguished, but we are working with cooling to prevent a flare-up, says supervisor at the East 110 central, Harald Mogen, at 1pm to news. The cause of the fire is not known.
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