– At 18:18 the storm began that there was a hearth at Plogveien 24, which is the Manglerud faculty, says Glenn Gulbrandsen, obligation commander on the Oslo Hearth and Rescue Service.
The police don’t have any dependable details about the reason for the hearth, and one in every of a number of hypotheses subsequently that it may very well be arson, says the operations supervisor Guro Sandnes.
– We are going to examine this additional sooner or later. Witnesses say they noticed somebody working from the scene shortly after or earlier than the hearth was found, however we do not know if they are often linked to the hearth, Sandnes says.
No extra open flames
He says that there was an excellent hearth in a bicycle hut, however that they’ve had an excellent impact from the measures they’ve applied.
– We now have numerous sources on web site and we centered on extinguishing the hearth and ensuring it doesn’t unfold to the closest constructing. In the mean time, we consider we’ve got succeeded in doing that, says Gulbrandsen.
The hearth service doesn’t but know what induced the hearth.
– It’s a bit too early to say something about it, says hearth chief Bjørn Kristian Bratlie.
I do not assume there was any injury to the varsity
He says the entire hut is burnt.
– Our considerations have been spreading in direction of the varsity constructing, however that didn’t occur. We are actually attempting to verify if smoke has entered the varsity, however we hope that the varsity has not been broken, he says.
As well as, they’ll proceed to work post-shutdown.
The entire of Manglerud smells of smoke, stories the journalist on the scene. Gulbrandsen asks individuals to maneuver away or shut home windows if it turns into uncomfortable.