Seven people were seriously injured and taken to hospital by ambulance after a fire in a basement in an apartment building in Hovslätt in Jönköping during the night of Saturday.
After the alarm about the fire was received by SOS shortly before 03.30 at night, residents were evacuated from apartments in the building. The fire was extinguished after an hour or so, but the development of smoke has been strong and the emergency services were still on site in the afternoon to check that the embers did not spread further in the building.
– We have not found any natural explanation for the fire. Therefore, the incident is being investigated as arson, says Torbjörn Lindquist, the police officer on duty, to TT.
The place is cordoned off and the police are now carrying out a technical investigation.
Until it is done, the police cannot say more about the incident, says Torbjörn Lindquist.