Updated 03.51 | Published 03.27
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A heavy fire rages in a 5,000 square meter industrial premises in Tumba in Botkyrka south of Stockholm.
– This came in both via fire alarms and people who saw it burning. The fire quickly became very extensive, says Daniel Wikdahl, press spokesperson at the police.
The fire is described as fully developed and the police assess that it is arson and have started a preliminary investigation into aggravated arson.
TT: Why do you make the assessment that it was built?
– It is a balance of different tasks.
At least two people must have worked in or in close proximity to the affected premises, but there is no information that anyone was injured.
Whether the incident can be linked to the ongoing wave of violence is unclear. But Daniel Wikdahl says that they will look at possible connections to other crimes in the investigation.
– Things have happened at the site in the past, there was a detonation at this address in January and such information will be included in the investigation of this incident.