All emergency services have responded to a fire near Alexander Kiellands plass in Oslo. There is a lot of black smoke at the scene, Oslo Police District tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. One or two flats on the 6th floor were fully engulfed in flames, but at 17:38 the police reported that the fire had been extinguished. Lifesaving efforts were performed at the scene. The police: – Dramatic – One person was evacuated using a ladder truck, it was quite dramatic. The person is seriously injured, operations manager Gjermund Stokkli told news. It was later clarified that the person in question had only suffered minor injuries. RESIDENTS HAD TO EVACUATE: One person is injured after a fire in an apartment building in Oslo. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news The fire brigade did not have control of the fire for a period. There are great resources on site. – There are 62 residents registered in the block, until now 13 of these have been evacuated, says Stokkli. The number of evacuees was later adjusted upwards to 26 people. The police are evacuating the residents, the police reported at 5.18 p.m. Major material damage There is major material damage in one apartment and some smoke damage in a further one or two apartments. The cause of the fire is unknown, emphasizes operations manager Stokkli. The building is from a recent date, which may have contributed to the fire not spreading further, he says. At 18:00, the fire service extinguished the fire. This is where the fire service comes in – news Operations Manager Monica Engebretsen tells news on Tuesday evening that the person who was evacuated from the balcony is slightly injured. It was first reported that the person in question was seriously injured. Seconds from burning up The police state that it was seconds when the evacuation of the injured resident took place. According to incident leader Knut Halvorsen in the fire service, it was by the hair that the female resident’s life was not lost. – It burns when the first unit arrives. We see a small figure lying like a small ball. We are convinced that she is badly injured. She falls inwards and backwards into the flames, he says to news. However, the fire service manages to evacuate the woman. Once on the ground, it turns out that she only has minor injuries and is able to communicate with the emergency services.
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