Police: Fire in the mosque is laid out – Aftonbladet

ESKILSTUNA A major fire raged on Christmas Day in a mosque in Eskilstuna.

Police suspect aggravated arson – and witnesses tells how someone thrown into an object into the room.

– The fire came very quickly. Someone shouted “it burns, it burns.” People panicked and started running out, says a witness.

The alarm came in to police at 13:18.

A fire had broken out in a mosque hall in the ground floor of a residential building in the area Nyfors in Eskilstuna.

The fire was in the afternoon fully developed and a large räddningspådrag called to the scene.

– We headlining it as rough arson. There is someone who has thrown in some form of objects in the area, since it has started to burn, says investigator Lars Franzell.

vacated apartments

In total, five people are taken to hospital.
In a press release from Mälarsjukhuset describes a person who “badly damaged but stable”. All of those taken to hospital to be treated, writes TT.

– Two’ve got smoke damage, two have received wounds and then it is one that has received some form of fracture, says Lars Franzell.

– Someone has jumped from a balcony. I know that the ambulance has been taken into custody a person who has had ankle injuries, says David Hultman, incident commander on the spot.

“It burns, it burns”

According to witnesses who were inside the mosque had a large number of people gathered to pray during Christmas day afternoon when a window was smashed.

Seconds later, the room will be filled with smoke.

– The fire came very quickly. Someone shouted “it burns, it burns.” People panicked and started running out. Some jumped out of the windows, says a witness.

Apartment in the current stairwell has been vacated because of the strong smoke emissions and accommodation has been transferred to a nearby youth center, according to police.

” door knocking “

At 15: 30 pm notifies the police that the fire is under control.

Several squads are still in place in the area.

– They knock door. We can not go in and do a forensic examination today but have to let the fire area to cool. It comes technician to the site tomorrow, says Franzell.