Eleven-year-old child died in fire in Sandefjord – VG

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The next of kin have been notified of the death. They are taken care of by health personnel.

The emergency services are on site and conducting post-extinguishing work.

The police have cordoned off the area pending further crime scene investigations, the South-East police district informs.

Investigation of the case will continue throughout the day.

– It is fully over-ignition and is serious, said operations manager in the police Espen Reite in the South-East police district to VG when the fire was still going on.

At 04:29 on Sunday, the Fire Brigade announced that there was control of the fire, and no longer a danger of spreading.

The home in question is a multi-family home. Seven people are registered at the address.

According to police, it has accounted for all residents. One person was seriously injured, other residents are transported to the emergency room for a check. It is the injured person, an eleven-year-old child, who has died.

Air ambulance was on site. Several neighbors were evacuated due to the danger of spreading.

The South-East police district reported the fire at 3.40 on Sunday night.

It is too early to say anything about the cause of the fire, the police say.

The municipality’s crisis team is involved and assists those involved.

At 07.26 on Sunday, operations manager Øystein Eikedalen says that the fire service is extinguishing the home. The overheated house is uninhabitable.

– Those who have lived in the four-person home have moved out for the occasion and taken in a hotel, Eikedalen says to VG.

The police want to get in touch with witnesses to the fire.

– We especially want contact with two women who were in contact with the police in the emergency phase, writes Sør-Øst police district on Twitter.

The two women are said to have been sitting on a veranda near the fire site and informed about a youth party nearby.

The police encourage these women to contact the police at the scene.

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