“Conflagration in Skövde – 96 apartments evacuated”
“A sharp fire raged in two lägenhetslängor in the South of Ryd from Wednesday night until Thursday.”
” the Fire is under control, said Roland Johansson, internal command at the emergency services eastern Skaraborg, at noon to the TT.”
“the Fire started at at 23 on Wednesday in an apartment and spread through the roof of an adjacent apartment block. In another house, measures have been taken to prevent brandspridningen. 96 apartments have been evacuated, 48 of them are fire – or rökskadade. The roofs of the building, is totalskadade and the facades of the vast houses are more or less injured. No man however, has come to harm.”
“It caused the problem with fighting the fire has been that the buildings construction.”
“– It is a betongfastighet from the 70’s. In recent times, put on baking sheet and insulated with foam. The insulating foam thats between the plate and betongväggarna, ” says Roland Johansson.”
“The residents, who first evacuated to a gymnasium in a school, during the morning shifted to the hotel. Emmy Rydstrand is a reporter on the P4 Skaraborg, and live in one of the houses. She says that several of those who had to evacuate not noticed that it burned before the evacuation began.”
“the Municipality makes additional efforts by reason of the fire and the social services have extra preparedness. Among other things, has the pre-school children in the vicinity redirected to other nursery schools and a group home have been evacuated. The municipality along with the property owners, have worked all of Thursday, to solve the accommodation for the persons displaced.”
“It is unclear how the fire started. No one person is reported to be damaged. The police have begun an investigation of serious arson. A technical examination of the apartment where the fire started is on Monday. Staff are left at the site for eftersläckningsarbete and security.”
“– We leave at the earliest some time tomorrow (Friday), ” says Roland Johansson.”
