Market Hall was evacuated after heavy smoke – Expressen

The Market Hall brig in central Gothenburg were evacuated on Tuesday after a fire broke out in a restaurant kitchen.

At 16:45 notifies emergency services that the fire is out.

– the restaurant is burned and destroyed, says Bengt Andersson.

the alarm of the smoke in the Market hall brig in central Gothenburg came at half past one o’clock on Tuesday afternoon .

– We got the alarm about the smell of smoke, says Rolf Kagelind, alarm and management operator of emergency Services Greater Gothenburg.

There are no reports of anyone injured by the smoke, but the entire market hall were evacuated by emergency services.

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– Yes, we are vacated now, said Madeleine Örtbrant, owner Madelihouse, then.

She described:

– There’s a fire in the restaurant Oakley restaurant kitchens. The entire hall is vacated and the back of the house is completely filled with smoke. It has gone up in the fan system.

As recently as last Friday had the restaurant Oakleys his last performance after the restaurant sold.

“The restaurant ruined”

At 15:20 emergency services had managed to locate where the fire occurred, and an hour later, the emergency telephone operator Bengt Andersson them off.

– We’re doing after quenching and cleans and vents out. There are people in place throughout the evening. We know there is a restaurant that is burned out, but it is the police who make a fire cause investigation. But the restaurant is spoiled, says Bengt Andersson.

Several streets in the area are closed. Police have launched a preliminary investigation of second-degree assault.

– Some streets are closed, but it may be mostly because it’s crowded and rescue vehicles, said Peter Adlersson, spokesperson of the police in the West region.

Some 40 firefighters from five different stations were on site to extinguish the fire.