Sunday, March 22, 2015

Heavy fire in Uddevalla, Sweden – Swedish Radio

The alarm came in at four o’clock and shortly after eight o’clock burned it still sharply and several fire trucks were on site.

– There is still burning and strong winds. There is not much left of the trucks. It is almost only the steel skeleton, as the flames are now licking, said P4 VSTS reporter on the scene at 8:30.

Probably has the fire started in one of the vehicles and then spread further, but the process is not clear.

– At a distance it looked like it was a truck that was on fire, but when we got closer we saw that there were seven trucks. It burned down in all seven and they were connected with trailers. They were in fairly close proximity to one another trucking company and there was an imminent danger of the fire spreading to the other trucks that stood on the sidelines, says team leader Ulf Gustavsson emergency services to P4 West.

– But we got hold the owners of the haulage company and they got hit some people who could move the trucks so they had to remove the threat that was there, continue Gustavsson.

Many of the trucks was fully loaded with building materials.

– There is a really big fire. It is not easy to extinguish seven trucks that burn. It was full speed on the fire. Four or five of the trucks were loaded with construction materials and someone was empty. It was very combustible material in them, said Gustavsson.

It was great value at which burned up.

– It’s probably several million. According to the task I have got it a couple, three of which are new to these trucks.

The fire will now be under control.

– But it will burn under certain three more hours.

A high and Black column of smoke rose in the morning from the fire scene.

Police have cordoned off the site and suspect that it is arson. Therefore, the police have launched a preliminary investigation into suspected arson.

No person shall have been injured.

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