Monday, April 11, 2016

Cars burned out after a garage fire in Visby – Aftonbladet

A large row of garages with cars burned overnight on Monday outside Visby on Gotland.

– five or six cars are completely burned out and a further fourteen cars are fire-damaged, said incident commander Henry Johansson.

because of heavy smoke was invited local residents to stay indoors and close windows, doors and ventilation.

the time 1:31 the night of Monday alerted the rescue service of a fire on Kolgårdsgatan just outside Visby on Gotland.

– There are 15 to 20 cars that burn in a larger row of garages, said Martin Shield, management operator in greater Stockholm fire, last night.

Both emergency services such as the police is in place.

– We have isolated the fire and limited it, so there is no longer any spiridningsrisk.

“Smells plastic the whole town “

A person living in the area told Aftonbladet that he was awakened by the smacking.

– So I looked out the window and saw white smoke and felt how it smelled of plastic all over town.

– the tires slamming one after another, says another.

the fire led to heavy smoke and emergency services went out with an invitation to the public to stay indoors and turn on itself.

– There was heavy smoke is unhealthy to breathe, says Henrik Johansson.

Twelve stores and twenty cars destroyed

He said that the rescue succeeded contain the fire relatively quickly.

– We managed to contain the fire so it does not spread to other garages and nearby properties. Now the place cordoned off by police for further investigation.

Total worked fourteen men to put out the fire in the fire-ravaged garage wing, which is now completely burned out.

– In it there were a total of 12 stores at maybe five, six square meters each to each apartment. Five or six cars are completely burned out and a further fourteen cars are fire-damaged.

A person in their 20s is supplied with light smoke damage to the hospital.

The cause of the fire is unclear.

– at the moment we have no theories about the cause of the fire, says Björn Tannfelt, station officer at the police Gotland.

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