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Several boats caught fire at marina outside Torslanda | Sweden

Several boats caught fire at marina outside Torslanda | Sweden

Here you can see the smoke rising in the marina.

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Emergency services were called at 5am on Tuesday.

“Several boats were on fire and we have just arrived,” says rescue commander Gunnar Skaven.

According to the rescue service, open fires spread over an area of ​​20 to 30 metres.

Residents in the area reported thick smoke and “completely burned boats.”

– It's just black smoke coming out of there. “It smells like hell,” one person told Expressen.

The wind is blowing smoke over the buildings. It's chaos out there now that the fire department has arrived.

A large rescue mission was sent to the scene.

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Risk diffusion

Emergency services say that during the morning there was a risk of the disease spreading, but they are working with many resources to prevent the spread of the disease.

– It's a marina so the boats are close together. “We can't rule out that the fire could spread to more people,” says Gunnar Skaven.

At 7am the police announce the fire is out.

“These are smaller boats,” says Magnus Schildt of the police.

– So no one sleeps but open squirrels.

The cause of the fire is still unclear. The police have filed a report on the vandalism.

– Police at the scene cordoned off the area to conduct a technical investigation, says Thomas Fuchsburg, police press spokesman.

There are no reports of anyone being injured.