It was Friday it started to burn in a house in Florvåg on Askøy. One person was found dead in the fire ruins. On the same day, a man in his 40s was arrested and charged in connection with the fatal fire.
The deceased person is probably one of two people who have been reported missing, according to the police. This is a woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s. The missing woman has a residential address in the house it started to burn in.
On Friday night, the accused man was questioned. It has not been decided whether he will be remanded in custody, the West police district states.
Several interrogate
On Saturday, the police will continue with investigations and collect digital clues. 20 interrogations have been carried out in the case. There were several interrogations on Saturday.
Forensic scientists are investigating the city, but the fire site must be cooled down before they can enter the house. It has our guard at the fire town through the night.
Heard noise
It was around nine o’clock on Friday morning that there was a report of a fire in a house in Florvåg on Askøy. An hour later the fire was extinguished.
Neighbors heard noises from the apartment before the fire started.
The building is divided into two sections. The residents on the first floor were evacuated, but the second floor was on fire when the fire brigade arrived in the city.
At 15.39, the discovery of a dead person was confirmed. The deceased will be sent to Gade’s Institute for identification and autopsy, but has not been retrieved from the fire ruins, for example, the police say.
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