There is a 25 by 25 meters large blocks of wooden houses in Eksjö as it burns. It is about houses that hang in the crowd in a square with a courtyard.
At eleven o’clock worked between 80 and 100 firefighters at the fire in Eksjö.
– We have called in people from all over the county, says Thomas Ljunggren, fire.
A good half hour later he assessed the situation as something better.
– We are becoming cautiously optimistic, but we are still worried about the northern parts of the case, limit lines to keep.
The fire started in an apartment Vaxblekaregränd in Eksjö. The alarm about the fire came at ten of six and since then there have been 50-100 firefighters on the scene to fight the blaze.
– It is a fully developed fire in central Eksjö. When we arrived it burned through the roof, said Jerker Sture Dahl, team leader of the emergency services in Jönköping, in the morning.
A person found in the burning house, and police confirmed at half Ten o’clock P4 Jönköping there was a young woman and that she had died. Relatives are informed and are in the hospital.
The house where the woman was found is completely destroyed.
– And that the house sits together with other houses in a row that is 25 by 25 meters, says Thomas Ljunggren, is a fire engineer in place.
At eleven o’clock the fire was not yet under control.
– No, not in the barracks where the fire is, however, we are able to resist so that it does not spread to other houses, as it looks now, says Thomas Ljunggren.
200 people live in the houses that is burning or adjacent to the fire.
– We have tried to shout and call and get the people out of the buildings nearby. We call on doors and try to ensure that there is no one left, told Jerker Sture Dahl of emergency in the morning.
A large part of the rescue work in the morning was to let the firemen investigate the buildings to ensure that there are not more people there.
– But we did not find any more people, says Thomas Ljunggren.
The municipal leaders called affected residents to a meeting in the City Hotel with reason the fire in the wooden town of Eksjö. The wooden town in the Old Town of Eksjö was founded in 1568 and is described as a unique cultural treasure with one of Sweden’s oldest cohesive wooden buildings.
All that is in the fire area in Eksjö advised to go indoors and close doors, windows and ventilation via a VMA, important public announcements from emergency managers in Eksjö.
Stefan Elm, Municipal Manager in Eksjö, says of the fire:
– Based on a scenario you had imagined when you were awakened this morning, the entire old town would burn up, and many would be homeless, so it has developed very positively, says Stefan Elm.
What help people who are evacuated?
– We have in the municipality of an emergency management team and crisis preparedness. In connection with that, we have the municipality has a responsibility to ensure that people have housing, food and above all perhaps when calling contacts. Second, we work with is that through our communications department and our website go out with the right information to avoid the spreading of rumors, says Stefan Elm.
One of those evacuated in Eksjö morning was Adam Gustafsson who lived very close to the house that burned.
– I panicked and just thought I would as soon as possible, says Adam Gustafsson.
It was not just homes that went up in smoke, even shops burned. Maria Havskog employed in one of the stores that no longer exists.
– I would start work after the holidays on Thursday, but I do not think. No where in any case, says Maria Havskog.
What is your reaction to these events?
– The first is of course the enormous tragedy of a young person is not there. Then there are a huge relief anyway that it just stuck to this building. And then a huge job to build up everything. It is well the three spontaneous thoughts, says Maria Havskog.
It burns thus still in the house but the risk that it will spread has been greatly reduced.
– Location is significantly quieter and brighter now in terms of fire propagation. We have managed to keep the restriction on the rest of the neighborhood and managed to limit it to the property as it began, says Thomas Ljunggren is a fire engineer.
– The problem now is that it burns down property bjälklager and partitions. It is a rigid job after extinguishing all the small fires. Plus there is a risk of collapse.
When the fire can be completely family?
– It is difficult to answer. We will run right offensively during night also. We’ll see how it looks tomorrow. There will be several forces here during the night.
There are still no information about the cause of the fire.
– We have not been able to do some investigation. Police have not been able to initiate any investigation, said Thomas Ljunggren.
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