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Fire in apartment building in Norrköping, Sweden

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  • A fire broke out in an apartment building in Norrköping, Sweden, on March 19, 2026.
  • The rescue service extinguished a burning bottle and handed the case to police.
  • An alarm about the fire was reportedly received at around 13:20 in the Ektorp area.

A fire occurred in an apartment building in Norrköping, Sweden, on March 19, 2026. According to the official rescue service, the fire was reported at Målgränd, with smoke in the stairwell and flames seen outside a door. The rescue service arrived on scene and found a bottle that had burned, which they extinguished before handing the matter over to the police.

The rescue service then returned to station. Norrköpings Tidningar reports that an alarm about a suspected fire in a building in Ektorp came at around 13:20. The sources do not specify if there were any injuries or the exact cause of the fire.

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