A number of wooden houses in the old cultural quarter Elsborg in Falun started burning on Thursday night.
There is a great risk that the violent fire will spread to other quarters.
– We received the alarm at 00:41 and I have understood from the emergency services that there is a high risk of it spreading because it is about old wooden houses, so we are currently working to evacuate nearby blocks. We have knocked on the doors of the most vulnerable and called around to those who live further away, says Ola Olsson, officer on duty at the Bergslagen police region.
No information has been received on whether there are any injured or missing.
– We think that everyone has managed to get out, says Ola Olsson.
The emergency services have arranged a gathering place for the evacuees at a pub nearby.
So far, it is unclear how the fire started.
– There is no crime classification so far, but considering the spread, it will probably be soon, says Ola Olsson.
The Elsborg neighborhood dates back to the 17th century as the miners’ neighborhood.