Fierce fire in three buildings in Lillehammer – Fifteen people are evacuated – VG

the apartment building where the fire started in Lillehammer will burn all the way down, informs the police. Fifteen people are evacuated.

The fierce fire in the Lillehammer city centre broke out at 4-time the night of Sunday.

Clock 8 informs the police that they have hope to save two of the buildings from burning down completely. The apartment building where the fire started will burn all the way down to the ground. It tells operasjonsleder Atle B. von Obstfelder in the Inland police to VG.

– But it will be a part burns of these buildings, ” says Obstfelder.

Carried out

It is currently not clear what caused the fire. The buildings located at the intersection of main street and Elvegata in Lillehammer, norway.

together are fifteen people were evacuated to the Mill hotel, join the police on Twitter about half past nine. In the two buildings which the fire has spread to, there should be no people.

– We work with you to get verified this, but it should be to talk about the buildings with only shops, ” says Obstfelder.

OUT OF CONTROL: the Fire department has major problems in Lillehammer.

Photo: Geir Olsen, NTB scanpix

the Fire started in an apartment where a group of friends of four people, most of them students, are resident.

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A woman in 20 years was carried out and taken to the emergency room with an ambulance, informs the Obstfelder. Just before the clock 6.30 enlightened the police that the fire department no longer feared the spread to a fourth building.

pedestrian Street is laid up so that there is betongskiller in parts of the town houses.

All nødedatene jerked out of place, and the fire department of Lillehammer received assistance from the neighboring municipality of Islands. A total of five fire engines involved in the work.

. (64) rescued out with the ladder

SAVED from: Åge Pedersen (64) were saved down from the second floor of the rise.

Photo: Geir Olsen, NTB scanpix

Enkemannen Åge Pedersen (64) is next door to the students in the apartment where it caught fire. After having fallen asleep on the couch late Saturday night, he woke to the buzzing fire alarms in the middle of the night.

– the Fire brigade were very quickly on the spot and rescued me down with a ladder. I am very grateful for the work they do here now, ” says Pedersen VG.

Pedersen tells that he didn’t get to take anything in particular out of the apartment – not their phone. Now doubt he that he gets to see the assets their again.

the Building burns enough down, but the most important is no matter that it goes well with all of them, ” he says.

All of the evacuees have been offered to stay at the hotel in the night, according to Pedersen.

CUT HOLE: From stigebilen cuts to the fire department a hole in the roof.

Photo: Geir Olsen, NTB scanpix

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