The emergency services were notified of the fire at 05:00 on Friday morning. The fire brigade were quickly on the scene, and were able to start extinguishing the three-storey building. Evacuation started – We were the first to arrive at the site, and started evacuating the residents of the building. There was a fire between the second and third floor, but the fire was extinguished quite quickly, says operations manager Roger Mogstad at the police in Trøndelag. At 05.36 the police report that the smoke has subsided considerably. The fire brigade and police are sending in people to search the housing complex. – One person must have inhaled smoke, and is being helped by paramedics. Otherwise, we have not received reports of injured or missing people, Mogstad says. There are nine residents registered in the municipal flats. Man was arrested – We quickly suspected that the fire could be arson. After a search operation, we found the man we suspect of setting fire to the building. He was arrested at 05.40 on suspicion of arson, says Roger Mogstad to news. The operations manager says that ventilation is taking place at the site at 6am, and Mogstad assumes that it will be possible for the residents to move back fairly quickly. The fire in Stjørdal was reported at 05:00, and was quickly extinguished by the fire service.
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Fire in housing complex in Stjørdal – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
