At around 2am on Monday, the police reported a fire in an apartment on Ila in Oslo.
About 20 minutes later, there was a report of another apartment fire – this time at St. Hanshaugen, which is nearby.
A total of 50 people were evacuated and several were sent to emergency rooms and hospitals.
The police have two suspects on Monday morning.
Police say they are early in the investigation, but are investigating both fires. They are sure that the fires have no connection.
– In each case, two people are suspected of causing danger to the public. It does not mean that the fires were set, says crime leader Eivind Håndstad to NTB on Monday morning.
He explains that it is too early to say anything about why the fires started, but says that they have formed an idea about the causes.
DOUBLE: Two people have the status of suspect in each case, after the apartment fires in Oslo overnight to Sunday.
Photo: ANNIKA BYRDE / NTB
30 evacuated
Around 02, the Oslo police received a report about the first fire, which broke out in an apartment on Ila in Oslo.
There were reports of smoke in the hallway and a fire in an apartment on the 4th floor in Vøyensvingen. When the emergency services arrived at the block, the apartment was fully engulfed in flames, and several people had evacuated themselves.
– The resident had tried to put out the fire, but in the end had to give up and evacuate himself, says project leader Kristine Bryntesen Hedly, of the Oslo Police.
A total of 30 people were evacuated from the block. One of them had to be brought down from a balcony by the fire brigade.
There was a fire on Monday night in two apartments in Oslo. Here from the fire in an apartment at Ila, close to Alexander Kiellands Plass
Photo: Karoline Aursland
One person was taken to hospital for a check-up after inhaling some smoke. A further five were taken to the emergency department for a check-up.
– The entire fourth floor where there was a fire is uninhabitable due to smoke damage. So there are some people who have to look for temporary accommodation, says the operations manager.
At 02.48 the police reported that the fire at Ila had been extinguished. They do not know the cause of the fire, but are filing a case.
Another fire shortly after
Just over twenty minutes after the first fire, the Oslo police reported a new fire in an apartment on the third floor at the address Bergstien 10, St. Hanshaugen.
It was the resident of the apartment where the fire broke out who notified the emergency services.
When the emergency services arrived at the scene, it was fully engulfed in flames and 17 people had evacuated themselves.
Shortly after the report of a fire at Ila, the police reported another fire at St. Hanshaugen, this time in Bergstien.
Photo: Adnan Ayanle / PSP
– The lady in the apartment where the fire started was sent to hospital to be checked for smoke damage, says Hedly.
A total of 20 people were evacuated during the fire. Two of them were rescued from a balcony using a ladder truck.
The fire was declared extinguished at 02.28, but with the help of a heat-seeking camera, heat was detected in the construction. The fire brigade quickly got this under control.
– There are two uninhabitable apartments on the third floor. We are working on who can move back in and who must have alternative residences, says Hedly of the Oslo Police.
RESCUE: The fire brigade had to use a ladder truck to rescue two people from a balcony.
Photo: ANNIKA BYRDE / NTB
Residents in the area of Ila and St. Hanshaugen were asked to keep windows closed due to smoke.
At 06.52 the emergency services were on the scene.
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2024-02-26 09:03:48
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