Woman to hospital after apartment fire in Uppsala

Emergency services were called to the address shortly after 03:00 due to the smell of smoke. When they arrived, they discovered that there was a fire in the kitchen of one of the apartments.

According to Pelle Vamstad at police region Mitt, a woman in her 80s has been taken to hospital. The extent of the damage is unclear.

At 04:15, the emergency services had extinguished the fire and left the scene, according to UNT. The police have cordoned off the home for a technical investigation.

– We do not yet know what caused the fire. When we have cleared the smoke, we can go in and investigate properly, says Pelle Vamstad.

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