At 01.30, the fire control center in Finnmark received a report of the development of smoke in the campsite. – We encountered a partially engulfed building filled with a lot of smoke, mostly throughout the building. There was also a lot of smoke on the outside, says Jonne Sarra, task leader in the Tana fire brigade. The fire brigade worked to extinguish the fire all night until 1 January. In the picture is Jonne Sarra, emergency manager and deputy fire chief in Tana municipality. Photo: Eilif Andreas Aslaksen / news However, it quickly became clear that there were no people inside the building. – We were already hinted at in the emergency call. But I made sure with the people who own the building that it was absolutely certain that there were no people in the building, says the task leader. Limiting efforts were also carried out, so that the fire could not spread to neighboring buildings or other homes. – There was a time when it was so hot that the neighboring building also started to smoke. So we worked quite a bit on cooling down the neighboring building so that it wouldn’t remotely ignite due to the radiation hazard. The cause of the fire is unknown, says Sarra. – It is completely impossible for us to say at this time and based on what we know. It quickly became clear that the building could not be saved. Photo: IRIS EGILSDATTER SOMBY Around eight o’clock the fire was out, but the fire brigade chose to remain present. – We’ve been doing a bit of post-extinguishing here now throughout the morning, and now we’re actually going to start packing up, says the task leader at 11am on Sunday. At the same time, they are in the process of rescuing residual values. – Now we are working with residual value rescue on, among other things, the neighboring property that has water in the basement due to a pump system that is in the basement on a fire plot that is not working. The police will take over a routine investigation into the fire in the building, according to Sarra. Got assistance All the emergency services were immediately dispatched to the fire, says Bjørn Tormod Syversen, operations manager in the Finnmark police district. The E6, which runs past the campsite, was closed due to the extinguishing work, writes NTB. Several fire engines were called in to put out the fire in the village. The Tana fire brigade also received help from colleagues from Nesseby. The fire service in Finland was also called to the fire. – But they were sent back when we established a water supply on site. Then we didn’t need them anyway, says Sarra. It was the Civil Defense that assisted in getting the water supply to the fire engines. Skiippagurra is a village in Tana municipality in Finnmark. Became homeless The building that burned down was not only a campsite, but also a residence for four people, writes iFinnmark. The family of three who run the campsite lived there. In addition, there was another resident who lived in the building, but who was not present last night. There was also a person who had been allowed to store his things inside the building. Everyone lost their belongings in the fire, according to the newspaper. It was the fire brigade in Tana and Nesseby that was sent to the incident. Photo: Iris Egilsdatter Somby
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