On the night of Sunday, the emergency services responded to a fire in a terraced house in Sandal in Stavanger. Operations leader from the police, Kjetil Østrått, tells news that the fire started in an apartment. The fire brigade is working to extinguish the fire. Photo: Øystein Ellingsen / news – We are continuously working to assess whether we should evacuate more residential buildings due to the smoke from this fire. The extinguishing work is demanding because of the construction in the apartments, he told news at 05:00. In an update at 06:15. the police write on X that they have evacuated over 80 residents. Had to be moved from the football field Six people have been sent to hospital with minor smoke injuries. The first evacuees were taken to a football field, but had to be moved to a kindergarten because of the cold and the smoke from the fire. – The municipality will set up an evacuee and relatives centre, says operations manager in the Sør-West police district, Steinar Knudsen, to news. Flames in the roof of a terraced house in Stavanger. Photo: Øystein Ellingsen / news Control of the fire A total of five terraced houses with 28 apartments have been evacuated. The police say that there are student residences in a row. – They are close. Many student families live here. Both adults and children have been evacuated. The smoke is both powerful and very toxic. That is why we are evacuating so many people, says Østrått. Østrått adds that it is too early to say anything about the cause of the fire. Just before 06.30, the police report that the fire service is starting to get control of the fire, and that some residents can return to their homes. At 07:15 the police informed news that they had got the fire under control. Nevertheless, they cannot say anything about the cause – but further investigation will clarify this. The evacuees have been moved to this nursery school. Photo: Øystein Ellingsen / news – Spread quickly to the roof The police were notified of the fire at 03.12. Duty leader Nils Simmerøy in the fire service tells news that they have sent large resources to the scene. – We are working hard. There was a lot of smoke when the fire brigade arrived. The fire quickly spread to the roof. An evacuation was therefore initiated, he says. The fire brigade uses a lift to get closer to the flames. Photo: Øystein Ellingsen / news Many fires last night Four fires were reported in Rogaland during the night. There should be no connection between the fires, the fire service says. Last night there were fires in Time, Stavanger and Klepp, and all of them are under control: – The fires are under control. The post-extinguishing phase, residual value rescue and guard duty is now underway, says fire chief in Rogaland, Svein T. Knutsen in a press release. Students can have their exams postponed The terraced houses and apartments that burned on the night of Sunday are student apartments. The University of Stavanger writes on its website that it is working to get an overview of the situation, in collaboration with SiS (Student Samskipnaden i Stavanger) and Stavanger municipality. Students who are prevented from taking the exam due to this incident can apply for a postponed exam. They will be granted a valid absence. – It was very sad news we woke up to on Sunday morning. We are thinking of the students who are affected and are on standby to see what we can do for them now at the start of the semester, says UiS rector Klaus Mohn.
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Fire in terraced house in Stavanger – more than 80 evacuated – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
