Heavy fire on Södermalm – Aftonbladet

There’s a fire in a five-storey building in Stockholm.

The fire danger is spreading to nearby buildings.

– It’s a brand blocks that are at risk, says Niklas Carl Weitz at Stockholm’s Fire Department.

Living in the house have been evacuated and two people have lighter smoke damage.

the alarm about the fire at the junction between Duvnäsgatan and Bond street on the east Södermalm came in at 09:28. According to the initial information, it must have begun in one of the apartments on the top floor. The fire quickly spread to the building’s attic.

– There is a sharp fire. The house has been evacuated, said Eva Nilsson, spokesperson for the police in Stockholm.

Large contagion

A large pull from both the fire brigade and the police is in place.

– we are there with 14 units. It burns in the attic and it has spread. It is a fully developed fire, says Niklas Carl Weitz, lead operator at the Greater Stockholm Fire.

Emergency Services has staff in three locations.

– We have people at Bond Street, Duvnäsgatan and on the roof, said Carl Weitz.

The fire likely to spread to other buildings.

– It’s a quite neighborhood that sits together and who are at risk. We consider spreading the risk as high.

Very smoke

Two people have been lighter smoke damage, but no one has needed emergency care. Evacuated from the apartments should be collected in an SL bus, according to police.

On the first pictures appeared the flames broke out of the house. The fire has led to a lot of smoke. Smoke spreads over a large area of ​​Södermalm.

– The smoke sticks in the throat. It’s pretty uncomfortable, says Niklas Svahn, Aftonbladet’s reporter on the scene.

Police have cordoned off a large area around the fire-ravaged building.

“Did someone fired”

The witness Johanna Winter walked outside the house when she saw that it began to smoke from an apartment.

– I thought at first that it was someone who fired in a wood-burning stove, then it developed itself and I saw that it began to smoke from all over the ceiling, she says in Aftonbladet TV broadcasting.

she says that both fire trucks and ambulances are in place and that flames began to beat out of a window.

– It feels a little uneasy. There are many ambulances and it looks like it came out people from the house. People look worried out and observe from a distance, says Johanna Winter.

At present it is unclear how the fire started.

This article is updated .