At least six people were exposed to smoke.
In an apartment building a fire broke out on Saturday morning in Espoo’s Matinkylä on Sepetlahdentie.
The rescue service of Länsi-Uusimaa received a report about the building fire on Saturday morning around 8:30.
“Extinguishing the fire is currently in the final stages,” the West Uusimaa rescue service told HS around 9:30.
According to the rescue service, the fire was caused by a battery that caught fire.
There were people there when the fire broke out. The apartment was heavily damaged in the fire, and the first aid checked six people who were exposed to the smoke. The rescue service inspects the apartments and the damage they have suffered.
According to the rescue service, it is a 7-story residential building. According to the rescue service, the fire was reported by a resident of the house.
in Espoo there have been several fires in vacant buildings recently. Last on Friday the Laurinlahti school building burned down.
However, it is not known that the apartment building fire and previous fires are connected.
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