Arson on Grorud: Police hunt named suspect
A residential building on Grorud caught fire on Saturday evening, and police suspect arson. Eleven people were evacuated, and no one was injured.
Fire on Grorud deemed deliberately set – search underway
On Saturday evening at 19:14, the emergency call centre received a report of a fire in a residential property on Grorud, according to ao.no. Duty commander Hans Erik Tysdal states that four fire engines were dispatched to the scene, which turned out to be a three-storey residential building with multiple units.
A person at the scene had already begun extinguishing the fire when the fire service arrived. The fire was completely extinguished approximately 15 minutes after the initial report, and work to ventilate the building then commenced.
Police operations commander Roy Langengen confirms that the fire was deliberately set, and that investigators are searching for a named suspect. A total of eleven people were evacuated as a result of the incident. Two of those who helped extinguish the fire were checked over by ambulance personnel at the scene. No injuries have been reported.
Source: B.T.