Several people evacuated after a heavy fire in a building in Bergen – news Vestland

At 06.50 on Tuesday morning, the emergency services received a report of a fire in an apartment building in Kronstad in Bergen. – There was heavy smoke, and open hot flames from a window on the second floor, says duty commander Helge Lund at the 110 central West to news. When the fire brigade arrived, two people had got out on their own. – We got two more people out, who appear to be on the rise. They are supervised by health personnel on site, says Lund. Afraid that people were sleeping. Fire service manager Jan Aase tells news at the scene that they sounded the full alarm when the message came. A total of 20 firefighters, from three stations, went out. – When I got to the building, heavy black smoke was billowing out. We made ourselves ready for life-saving efforts, and prioritized bringing in smoke divers, says Aase. Since it was early in the morning, they feared that people might be sleeping in the fire-ravaged building. – We did a rough search on three floors, and found two people who we got out, says Aase. Smoke divers extracted two people from a fire-ravaged building in Bergen on Tuesday morning. A total of 20 firefighters, from three stations, went out. Photo: sissel Rikheim / news Bybanen canceled At 07.03 the fire service reported that they had the fire under control. – We are now carrying out a thorough search with smoke divers inside the building, says Lund. According to the police, no injured or missing persons have been reported following the fire. Operations manager Knut Dahl-Michelsen in the West police district states that all those involved have been sent to hospital for a check-up. – They are depicted as walking patients, he explains. The fire service had to request a power cut for the Bybanen due to the fire. It was set up between Slettebakken and Byparken, reports Skyss. At 07.46 the light rail ran again. It is currently unknown what caused the fire, according to the police. The light rail runs right past the fire station. It was canceled for a period on Tuesday morning. Photo: Sissel Rikheim / news Published 11.06.2024, at 07.40 Updated 11.06.2024, at 08.11



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