– No inspection has been reported. The police are still working on mapping the number of apartments, the number of residents and the number of evacuees, says Øyvind Hammervold, operations manager in the South-East police district. The fire service was alerted to the fire by callers just before 2pm on Sunday afternoon. They state that there will be a great danger of spreading. Fire alarms from the building are audible a good distance away from the fire. There is also a lot of smoke and open flames. The fire service is using a lift and pouring water down on the fire, it also looks like they are working on top of the roof, says news’s reporter at the scene. The building that is on fire is located along the main street in the center of Stokke. The fire brigade uses a lift to put out the fire. They also work up on the roof of the building. Photo: PEDER GJERSOE Don’t know if anyone is inside The police currently do not know how many residents belong to the building or if there are still anyone inside the building. Several residents have been registered there, but the police do not have a full overview since it is a question of two different addresses. – You have no control over how many people live there or whether there is anyone inside? – No, we don’t have that, says Hammervold. The police are now issuing an appeal for residents and asking them to get in touch. Large forces from the police, ambulance and fire service are on the scene. – No injured persons have been reported as of now, says the operations manager. Police have closed off a large area around the fire due to open flames and smoke. Photo: Linn Udnes / news – Good guy in the building The building contains both business and apartments, says supervisor in the 110 central Marthin Haugen. – The last video we received from the scene shows that there is a good fire in the building, on the second floor. We have lots of resources in place there and more on the way, says Haugen. Large forces contribute to efforts to extinguish the fire. Photo: PEDER GJERSOE It is quite a large building, so it will be a big effort, he adds. The fire service has until further notice stopped the train that passes through Stokke. Those who were present when the fire started have been taken out by the public, while some have been evacuated by the fire service. – We do not have a full overview of everyone who is registered there as of now, but we continue just as if there were people inside. There will be quite a few apartments, says Haugen. There are open flames and a lot of smoke from the building. – In the last video, we see smoke coming from all parts of the building. The burning building is located on the main street in the center of Stokke.
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Large building fire in Stokke – don’t know if anyone is inside – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
