Police cordoned off about five kilometers of the highway E6 between Helsingborg and Helsingborg south-east, following a fire at a business premises early on Saturday morning.
Rescue Service urged the public to stay away from the affected area and avoid breathing in the smoke. The residents in the area around Påarp requested to stay indoors.
On Saturday afternoon, the police announced that they suspect the fire was arson.
– We headlining it as arson because we suspect that the fire did not start in himself, says MayaForstenius, press spokesman at police South region.
During the morning evacuated and emergency services a few properties on the opposite side of the road from the premises.
– There are some 20 households we have evacuated as it concerns more than 40 people who have had to leave their homes, said Forstenius.
The police received the alarm about the fire at half three o’clock on Saturday morning. No man should have been in the room. What caused the fire is still unclear.
When the whole building burns decided the rescue to let it burn down.
– Unable to save it so when we let it burn down, said, Hakan Widesjö on Rescue in Helsingborg, adding that they had fire is in control.
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