Large Fire in apartment buildings in Huskvarna – Aftonbladet

A large fire raging in an apartment block in a lake.

– We are working feverishly, we have 50-60 men out there, says Kjell-Åke Romfors, internal officers at the emergency services .

156 people live in the house that still stands was in flames after midnight, and the work is expected to last all night.

Four people have been hospitalized.

the rescue services are in place with staff from several stations and photos of the site shows how the flames hit the roof.

– We have an extensive attic fire, says Göran Melin, Deputy fire chief at the emergency services in Jönköping.

– We are trying to get into the apartments now to ensure that there is someone there.

156 living in the house

According to police information it burns along the entire “house body length.” 156 people live in the house, according to police.

– We are on site to assist rescue services to save lives and health, says Klas Ottosson, duty officer at the police in Jönköping.

the police were alerted about the fire at 20:17.

– it’s chaotic, it’s a lot of fire trucks here and have blocked several roads, said the witness Ibbe.

– the residential building is huge, it is full of people outside and chaos.

at 0:30 states that the fire emergency services are still limited to the wind.

– We will work actively throughout the night by the fire. There is still a risk of spreading, says Göran Melin at the emergency services in Jönköping.

The 156 residents will be under the rescue tasks to be evacuated.

– We have firefighters in all stairwells to monitor such that the fire does not spread down from the attic to the apartments, says Göran Melin.

He says that wind construction collapsed but that the housing is a concrete roof that are still intact.

– Now we will try to ensure that the fire does not spread downwards, says Göran Melin.

Six-meter high flames

Patrik who live some distance from the fire saying it for a while looked like the fire was about to fold.

– But then it took off again and now burns fully, it beats up five-six-meter-high flames, says Patrik.

– it is pitch black smoke across a lake.

According to the emergency information must fire to have started on the fourth floor of the house and then spread to the wind.

– Two people have been hospitalized with smoke inhalation says Kjell-Åke Romfors, internal command at the emergency Jonkoping.

at 22:20 o’clock reported four people have been taken to hospital with smoke damage.

According to the emergency services, only one apartment have burned. From the fire has spread to the attic.

Police headlining at the moment the fire as arson on technical grounds. They state that the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Rescue Service urged the evening all in Huskvarna to stay indoors, close windows and doors when the fire its worst.

The text is updated.