Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Heavy fire in Pajala – Swedish Radio

Heavy fire in Pajala – Swedish Radio

A sharp fire raging on an industrial estate in Pajala. The fire started in a garage and has spread to the tool shop Laitis.

The fire was at 20:30 o’clock is not under control, according to the internal command of emergency services in Norrbotten, Tomas Wikström.

– It does not sound gleeful when they report back here. The fire is not under control and it spreads, he says to P4 Norrbotten.

Rescue Service in Pajala has been reinforced with a tanker truck from Finland and also a part-time firefighters from Tärendö helps, according to Tomas Wikström.

Police have cordoned off an area of ​​300 meters around the building, among other things, it was feared that there could be gas bottles in the house. It says duty officer at the police in Norrbotten, Tomas Schäufele.

According Tomas Wikström there were gas cylinders in a cold storage room next to the building, but they have now been removed by the emergency services.

In total, there are eleven different companies have premises in the building.

There are no residential buildings around and no person shall have been injured in the fire.

It is unclear why the fire started. When the flames are extinguished, the police will cordon off the building and do a forensic examination of the scene of the fire.

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