There was a good fire in a building in Sandnes on the night of Sunday. Several cars parked outside the building also caught fire.
Updated less than 10 minutes ago
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The police received a report about the fire at 23:45 on Saturday. The building that burned is supposed to be an old sports and swimming hall.
– It must be a building ready for demolition that is on fire. And there will be three cars parked next to this building that have been set alight as a result of the fire, says operations manager Victor Fenne-Jensen to VG on the night of Sunday.
The police have not received any reports that there were any people inside the building.
The fire is extinguished
At approximately 06:30, the fire brigade extinguished the fire. But they will be on site to make sure it doesn’t flare up again.
– The building is completely damaged and also what was inside, says operations manager Victor Fenne-Jensen.
There is also not much left of the three cars that were standing outside, which also burned.
The operations manager said that there was heavy smoke coming from the fire, but that there was not much wind in the area.
Three hypotheses
Police are asking witnesses or people with information to contact them.
Throughout the night, the police have been in contact with several witnesses and people who have information about the building and its contents.
We are now working on three different hypotheses that could be the cause of the fire:
- Technical reason
- Negligence
- Intentional arson
– It is difficult to say whether one is more relevant than the other, says operations manager Victor Fenne-Jensen to VG.
Eventually, crime scene technicians will examine the scene of the fire.
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