“Fire at Moa Syd Shopping Center in Ålesund causes extensive damage”

There is extensive water and smoke damage after a fire at the Moa Syd shopping center in Ålesund.

Just before 02:00, the police report that the fire has been extinguished.

– There is extensive fire and smoke damage, says operations manager Tor André Gram Franck.

– The fire service is on site and conducting security, and a tactical and technical investigation is being carried out on site.

He says an employee got out when it discovered the fire, and was not injured. In the part that has burned there is, among other things, a cinema.

It is the roof structure that has burned, as well as part of the interior.

Møre Romsdal 110 sent crews both from Ålesund, Spjelkavik, Skodje and Langevåg.

– We see flames from about 150 meters away. There is a lot of smoke, said a tipster VG has spoken to.