Fire in a car workshop – the police are investigating arson

Fire in a car workshop the police are investigating

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full screen The police are investigating a fire in an industrial premises on Ringön. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

A fire broke out in an industrial premises on Ringön in Gothenburg and the emergency services were called there at around 11.20 pm on Tuesday evening, reports Göteborgs-Posten.

It was a fully developed fire in an industrial premises where there was, among other things, a tire and car workshop. The police and ambulance were also on the scene.

At around 02.30, on the night of Wednesday, the fire was extinguished.

– At three o’clock we went down so that we only had one unit left and by 9 o’clock the case should be completely finished, says Betina Svensson, alarm and line operator at the rescue service to TT.

The police have launched a preliminary investigation into arson and will cordon off the scene of the fire on Wednesday to carry out a technical investigation.

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