– The extinguishing work is taking place at the same time as work is being done to remove the buses, informed the police at 1215. The 110 central says that a fire started in a bus that was parked at Aukra Auto, and that it quickly spread to two that were standing next to it . Eventually the fire had spread to five buses. There is a lot of smoke in the area of Aukra Auto. Photo: Idar Varhaugvik Two evacuated The police state that they have not received information that anyone was injured as a result of the fire, but two residents were evacuated from a house nearby. They were allowed to return to their house after a short time. For a while there was a danger that the fire would spread to the building nearby, but at 1300 the danger was over. – Fire has now been reported in five buses, no danger of further spreading to nearby buildings as of now, said operations manager Tor Andre Gram Franck. At 1315 there were no visible flames from the fire and the smoke had subsided considerably. Discovered the fire Hallvard Tangen was out to fill a jug with petrol for his boat engine when he discovered smoke coming from the back of the building. – I know there are several buses there, so I move behind to look. Then I saw more smoke and gradually flames. I realized that it was a fire I saw, and was able to alert the fire brigade, he says. Hallvard Tangen called the fire brigade. Photo: private Then it went very quickly before the bus was full. – It probably only took two minutes. Then I traveled home. There was too much smoke. I have learned that they could smell the smoke all the way to Jendem on the mainland. So on the other side of the fjord, says Tangen. The fire happened at Riksfjordvegen in Aukra. Published 28.09.2024, at 12.20 Updated 28.09.2024, at 13.34
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