Five people are injured and 22 evacuated, writes Hordaland Police on Twitter.
According to BT’s three people so badly injured that they are sent to Haukeland University Hospital, but three additional persons to be bruised and receive treatment on site.
It burns vigorously, reports witnesses.
Also neighboring houses evacuated. Residents are asked to gather at Upper Korskirkeallmenningen.
Dense wooden houses
BT writes that the newspaper received a message that the people hanging out of windows and crying for help. This information is not yet confirmed.
According BergensAvisen (BA) there is a house at the intersection Lille Øvregaten / Hamburgersmauet that burns.
This is the heart of Bergen, only about 100 meters from the pier and close to the bottom station of the funicular.
It is dense wooden buildings in the area.
According to BA, smoke may be seen in large parts of the city.
Rain
Aftenposten been in contact with a woman who lives in the area. She lives in Lille Øvregaten and look down on the buildings on fire.
– It’s raining heavy and a little foggy. There are many fire trucks in the area, she said. She says that there was also a fire in the street two years ago. A woman was subsequently convicted of having lit on.
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