Bjørn Bråten, co-owner of the family business Bråten Bilco in Hokksund, is clearly marked when he is talking with the Newspaper.
the Clock 01. in the night went the fire alarm. There was a fire in the bilforretningen that was started by the father of Bråten.
– my Brother called. He had received information about the fire via vaktsentralen. It is a family business that has been around for 60 years. It is a disaster for us, ” he says.
He describes the building as completely destroyed.
– There is talk about big values, ” says Bråten.
SEVERE: the Fire that broke out at a car dealership in night has been tremendous. The fire will still keep on with slukkingsarbeidet. Photo: Vegard M. Aas / Presse30.en Show more
When he talks with the Newspaper in 07.30 – time comes there is still a lot of smoke out from the building. How large values it is to talk about he has not an overview of.
Store values up in the smoke
– breaking bad here. We must try to gather us to try to get saved what we can. This is tragic, ” he says.
Between 20-30 new and used cars was inside the building when the fire broke out. In addition, there are great values on delelageret and in the workshop.
Bråten says that all the employees of the company have been gathered outside the building in the night while firefighters have worked with slukkingen.
– They are informed, ” says Bråten.
– do you Know anything about what could be the cause of the fire?
– We have no idea, but I hope we find out of it. There must be a high priority, ” he says.
Heavy fire
At 01: 00 and there came the message about the fire in the building to Bråten Bilco in Hokksund, notified the police in the South-East on Twitter in the night.
“the Fire develops rapidly. Flames are above the roof”, reported the police.
the Fire department has control, but it is still smoke. There are no open flames, ” says Ole Kamben, project managers at the police in the South-East to Dagbladet at. 08.15.
According to the Kamben will slukningsarbeidet still be a few hours ahead. It is requisitioned excavator to the site to demolish part of the roof of the building in order to facilitate the fire department’s work.
the Police investigation is far from finished, but we have to wait until the building is cooled down before we can start with the investigation, ” says Kamben.
a Lot of smoke
– First, we got the message that someone heard an alarm, but then, it was seen no smoke just after, stated the operasjonsleder by the South-East police districts, Marianne Mørch, to Dagbladet in the night.
Just above the clock 04. notified the police that the fire had spread to the office space in the building.
the Households in the area that was affected by the smoke from the fire, was urged to keep doors and windows closed. There has not been a danger that the fire will spread to buildings in the vicinity.
– It is not danger that the fire can spread to the other buildings. It is difficult to say if they manage to prevent the fire spreading throughout the building. It is a large building. It burns still much, said operasjonsleder Marianne Mørch in the Southeast police district to the NTB at 4.30.
During the extinguishing of the fire was a firefighter sent to hospital with smoke damage. This must not have been serious, according to police.
