the Alarm if the fire came at half past six o’clock in the evening. The fire should have started in a truck inside the sawmill when the staff was still at work.
” the Fire has taken in a virkesupplag. We’re working on limiting and have to use a water cannon from the top, said Conny Qwarforth, internal command at the emergency service in Umeå.
a number of forces and over ten fire engines to the site. Because of the the strong smoke it was also an important message to the public, a so-called VMA, if all the residents in the area should go indoors and close the windows and doors.
No homes were directly adjacent to the fire, but the risk was to another building nearby, which, however, survived. But it is about one thousand square meters large virkesupplaget was totalförstört.
inside, so there was much for the fire to take in. The building is totally destroyed by fire. We are having a eftersläckning now and will be left with no one all night, ” says Lars Mårdvall, external command at the emergency, at midnight.
No injuries were incurred in connection with the fire.
