BØLER (VG) There was a fire in two apartments in a terraced house on Bøler in Oslo on Thursday afternoon. All residents must now be accounted for.
Firefighters have the fire under control, but it is still burning, says the incident leader at the scene shortly before 6.30pm. Two people were injured and are being treated by medical personnel.
The evacuation has been initiated and for a long time there has been a great risk of spreading due to the powerful fire. One person was taken to hospital with an unknown degree of injury, police said. The state of the other wounded man is not known.
All four apartments in the terraced house are completely damaged.
– We searched both apartments at each end and found nothing and are now working to prevent the spread. We have contained the fire well, but there is still a risk of it spreading, NTB fire brigade chief Eirik Fredriksen said on Thursday at 17:30.
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Operations director Gjermund Stokkli informed VG at 16:55 that there are nine registered residents at the address where the fire is located, also two nearby addresses have been evacuated. A total of 12 housing units with 33 registered residents were evacuated.
Stokk informs them The newspaper at 17.30 that all persons have been accounted for.
On Thursday, the director of operations told VG that the situation was very dire.
– There are many flames and burns throughout the row of a terraced house along the roof. It’s really dramatic, said the director of operations.
The row house is not far from the Bøler subway. Very heavy smoke was reported at the site. Bøler residents were encouraged to close their doors and windows so that smoke would not enter.
Evacuated residents can meet at Bøler school, where a temporary evacuation center will be set up, police say.
Roads in the area around the fire are closed, police said. Due to the fire, Bøler metro stop will not be operational until further notice, he informs The tram.
Emergency services were informed of the crash by witnesses at 4.17pm Thursday afternoon. Firefighters reported the fire at 4:21pm.
