– There was no electricity connected to the barn, and it was not in use either. The police therefore suspect that the fire may have been set, says operations manager in the South West police district, Dag Steinkopf. At 03.25 on the night of Friday, the emergency services received a report that there was a fire in a barn at Raglamyr, in the center of Haugesund. The barn was only 30 meters from a building site, behind Amanda Storsenter. This is what it looked like at the site on Friday morning. Photo: Simon Elias Borgen / news – There is a gale in the casta. The rain of sparks meant that there was a risk of the fire spreading to the construction site, says Haugesund fire brigade chief Torgrim Jørgensen. Harmful asbestos smoke This caused the fire brigade to call out all personnel in the vicinity. – Me pressed the big button. We took crews from two fire stations. In addition, we called in crew who had time off, says Jørgensen. The fire service took crews from two fire stations. Photo: Jostein Viestad There were also asbestos sheets on the building, which caused the fire brigade to fear that the smoke from the fire could be harmful to the neighbors in the construction field. – That father is no longer present, says task leader Jørgensen, just after 05:00 on Friday morning. There is a risk that the building may collapse after the fire. Photo: Simon Elias Bogen Guard at the fire station By then, parts of the barn have burned down and the fire service has control. They will still be guarding the place for quite some time to come. – The fire brigade have also been inside parts of the barn without finding either animals or people, says Jørgensen. There is a risk that the building may collapse, so the fire brigade cannot enter the entire building. The police currently have no suspects after the fire.
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