The police received a report of a fire in a laboratory and an explosion at 09.30 on Wednesday. The person who was transported to Ullevål hospital has extensive burns, according to the police. The other person is taken care of by an ambulance at the scene. Operations manager Per Ivar Iversen says that the cause of the explosion is unclear. The fire has been extinguished and the building has been evacuated. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news – Quite shocked – Where on the body the burn injuries are, we have not received any details, says Iversen about the one injured person. He says that a crime scene investigation will be carried out when the fire service has cleared the laboratory in question. – As of now, there is nothing dangerous either for the general public or for those who work on site there. No safety distance has been taken. The emergency services have a number of resources at the scene and obtain explanations from others who have been present. – Several are quite shocked after the incident. So whether we will get the good explanations as of now is uncertain, says Iversen. Photo: Bård Nafstad Houses exam rooms for the university Iversen says that the explosion happened in a research laboratory in Oslo. The building is a larger commercial building where, among other things, Legevakten Vest and the University of Oslo have premises. According to Aftenposten, medical students must have had their exams on the floor below where the explosion occurred. It is not known what kind of substance may have been in the laboratory. Published 19.06.2024, at 10.31 Updated 19.06.2024, at 10.50
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One person has been taken to hospital after an explosion at a laboratory in Oslo – Greater Oslo
