Heavy fire in terraced house in Nittedal in Akershus – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

The fire in a terraced house at Slattum in Nittedal started in an end apartment. It spread to the entire row of homes. The fire service was notified of the fire at 00:35. 14 people lived in the apartments. – All residents have been accounted for. No one was injured, but it is clear that it is dramatic to experience something like this, says operations manager Finn Håvard Aas. He says that all of these have been given other places to stay during the night. The homes are completely damaged. Early on Friday morning, the fire service is still on the scene to carry out extinguishing operations. By Friday morning, the terraced house was completely burnt out. Photo: Olav Juven / news The cause of the fire is still unknown. – The police will question witnesses and carry out technical investigations as soon as the crime scene is cold enough, says Aas. The municipality is also in the process of getting an overview of the situation. – We will look at what we can contribute in the future. This is a sad incident, and my thoughts go out to everyone who is now homeless after the fire, says Mayor Inge Solli (V). All the evacuees were given new places to live during the night. Photo: Stian Lysberg Soloum / NTB No danger of further spread – The temperature has been high, and the fire has jumped between the apartments and spread, says Leif Høyland, who is on duty at East 110 central. Based on the information he has, it is a wooden house. The fire started in an end apartment, but quickly spread to the entire terraced house. Photo: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB There was a row of eight housing units that burned. At 01.45, the fire service reports that all eight units are on fire. It is a terraced house with two-storey dwellings. There was no danger of the fire spreading to other terraced houses nearby. Asking people to close windows There is a lot of smoke from the fire and both the police and the fire service are asking people to be careful. – It’s about closing windows, valves and staying indoors, says Høyland. The fire brigade is carrying out external extinguishing. Photo: Stian Lysberg Soloum / NTB The fire brigade is on the scene with nine vehicles, and extinguishes the fire from the outside. They have both ladder trucks, tanker trucks and crew trucks on site. The police say it is too early to say anything about the cause of the fire.



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