A workshop premises in Viskafors is completely in flames and the fire shall also have spread to the neighboring building connects. One person has been taken to hospital with minor injuries.
One person has been injured in a fire in a workshop in Viskafors in Borås municipality. According to police, it’s about a sharp fire.
– We believe that there may be gas cylinders inside the building, which complicates fire fighting, says Johan Ljungberg, assistant duty officer at the police in Västra Götaland.
The alarm of fire in the industrial premises of Rogslundsvägen outside Viskafors arrived at 16:30 pm on Sunday. Then there was a man inside the building and worked. He was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment, but should not be severely damaged. According to his information to the police and emergency services should he have been alone in the room.
According to P4 Sjuhärad fire may have started due to welding work, but there is no incident commander Tommy Lieback want to comment. A large area around the industrial premises have been cordoned off due to the risk of explosion, since there are gas bottles inside the premises.
Rescue of three stations working with extinction and has divided the building into sections to the fire will not spread. There are several residential buildings in the area around the building but there should not be any risk to them, according to rescue services.
The fire-fighting will last for several hours on Sunday evening.
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