There’s a fire in a warehouse in Gustavslundsvägen in Helsingborg. The smoke is heavy and has evacuated the premises.
– The surge across the highway so we got off it, says Anders Nilsson, regional duty officer.
Now warns the emergency services for the toxic smoke. Around advised to stay indoors.
The action on the site is expected to last throughout the day.
The police received the alarm about the fire at 02:39. In Gustavslundsvägen in Helsingborg could be a fire in a warehouse is found.
– It has escalated a part of us and it burns quite vigorously. There is a lot of smoke coming out of the highway, so we got off. On the other hand, the way we also got to evacuate a number of properties, says Anders Nilsson at 04:45.
Most of the evacuees have been able to solve the relocation on their own but the police are working with the solution for those who may need help.
That’s the highway E4 / E6 outside Gustavslundsvägen that are blocked off, until an ammonia tank adjacent to the building no longer poses a danger.
Waiting out the fire
The Rescue Northwest Skåne writes in a press release that it is now in a position to wait out the fire. It means therefore not extinguish it but let it burn out.
Two forces are in place and monitors. It is estimated that the project at the site will continue throughout the day.
The rescue services have gone out with a warning message and also writes that “the public are requested to stay away from the affected area and avoid breathing in the smoke.” The wind direction during the morning makes the smoke spreads east and therefore not towards Helsingborg center.
Accommodation in the northern part of Påarp are asked to stay indoors and turn off the ventilation and close the windows and doors.
destroyed by fire in April
No staff should have been in the warehouse when the fire broke out. According to the emergency room belongs to a vegetable business. The same business premises destroyed by fire at the beginning of April this year.
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