The fire service is working hard to put out a fire in an old block of flats in Storgata in the center of Porsgrunn. There is a fire in the attic and roof structure in the Meirigården building. There is heavy smoke coming from the attic. Shortly after 9 p.m., news’s reporter on the scene reports that the smoke is about to increase in strength. – Open flames were also seen from the attic floor, says Terje Lunden, who is the incident leader at the scene. The building Meierigården was built between 1899 and 1901. Photo: Håkon Lie / news – Not controlled Fire crews from both Porsgrunn, Skien and Larvik are on site to extinguish the fire. – As of now, the fire is not under control, says Lunden. The project leader says that they have reasonably good control that there is no risk of spread to other buildings in the city centre. There is no indication that there were people in the building when the fire started. – There are no registered residents at the address. We have spoken to those who have been here recently, says Lunden. There is heavy smoke coming from the attic of the building in Storgata in Porsgrunn. Photo: Richard Aune / news Harmful smoke The burning dairy farm is known as one of the city’s prides. The building was built between 1899 and 1901. People in the city are asked to stay indoors due to noxious smoke. – I would recommend people who live in the city center to stay inside, close windows and not move in the area, says the task leader in the South-East police district. Smoke is coming from large parts of the attic in the building in Storgata in Porsgrunn. Photo: Richard Aune / news Evacuation of residents in the center is continuously assessed, but it is not relevant right now, says Lunden. The police at the scene are talking to witnesses and keeping people and cars away. – This is sad The leisure club “Ravneloftet” is characterized as Norway’s scariest haunted house and is located on the top floor of the building which is now burning. The club had an event in the building on Thursday evening, the police said. There, Helge Tverdal has built up a unique collection of Halloween effects. Tverdal was in the building just an hour before the fire started. – I was the last to leave there today. There were no signs that anything was wrong then. Helge the Halloween man Tverdal. Photo: Richard Aune / news – This is sad. There are 60-70 volunteers who have been involved in building this. Thousands of volunteer hours have gone into building this up. He thinks all is lost. – Smoke is the worst thing there is. The premises are said to have been locked shortly after 9pm on Thursday evening.
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