The barn of Hjo is in flames – risk of explosion

The fire alarm reaches SOS at 18:07 Sunday afternoon

The rescue service and the ambulance are alerted on the site

The barn is located in the municipality of Hjos and eight units emergency services are in place

. engineering department in which he burns, he is completely overthrown, Anders Olsson, internal command of the rescue service in the east of Skaraborg

Risk of explosion

There had to be some gas bottles in the room.

According to the emergency service, a person should be injured in connection with the fire

– We have information that a person should have burns, but they should not be serious, as I know, says Anders Olsson. According to SOS, no one had been hospitalized in the 1920s.

– But emergency services and ambulances are still in place, "said Linda Bergquist, team leader at SOS

At 8 pm, the public service announced that it had largely succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but that the after-hours would last much of Sunday night.

– We will also keep the area closed until 24 hours, due because there is always a risk of explosion.