Shop and boat hall stands in full guy – hear more bang – Dagbladet.no

Shop and boat hall stands in full guy – hear more bang – Dagbladet.no

People are evacuated from homes in the area by a shop and a boat hall that stands in full guy on Fillan docked at Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag. Great values ​​are probably lost in the fire. There is much combustible material in the store, and passersby hear bangs and explosions, police said.

– buildings belonging store Alfo is completely destroyed and burned probably down to the ground. The fire department’s priority to prevent the spread and trying to make a vannmur by built, says operations manager in Sør-Trøndelag Police Bjorn Handegard said. The nearest houses are located 40-50 meters away, and a few households have been evacuated due to smoke, according to police.

Ensures boats

There are much combustible material in the store, including fertilizers and oil products.

The premises formerly belonged Felleskjöpet and store still selling all of the company’s products. Alfo also owns a hall that can store boats, cars, campers and caravans, writes store on their websites. Everything is probably lost in the fire. Redningsskøyta assists with securing boats moored on the spot, police said.

– The shop is located just off the harbor, and it is therefore difficult to rescue boats closest country, because it is too hot there. They go probably lost in the fire, said Handegard.

Uncertain cause

The fire must have started in the building’s second floor, but it is still too early to say what might be the cause of the fire, police said.

It should not have been people in the buildings that burns, police said.

Police were alerted to the fire bell 20.37 Monday evening.

– fire developed quickly. When we came here, smoke it vigorously. Suddenly flames through the roof, and the entire building was ablaze in a short time, says a witness to the fire to local newspaper Hitra-Frøya.

(NTB)