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full screen A person was rescued from a burning villa on the night of Wednesday. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
A villa in Boxholm started to burn heavily during the night of Wednesday.
Although the villa was engulfed in flames when the emergency services arrived, smoke divers managed to get one person out.
– I cannot say anything about the person’s state of health, but the person has been taken to hospital, that much I know, says Lennart Ågren, duty officer at the Östa Götaland rescue service, and adds that there should not have been any additional people at the address.
The fire was discovered by passers-by at 02:00 on Wednesday night and when the emergency services arrived at the scene it was burning heavily.
The house will burn to the ground, but there is no risk of spreading, according to the emergency services.