Police operations leader Rune Hekkelstrand said two people were rescued from a house on Nesøya in Asker after smoke was reported. A security guard got the two residents out of the house, and they did not appear seriously injured, Hekkelstrand added. The fire department is working to determine the extent of the damage, he said.
A fire broke out in a detached house in Nes, according to multiple reports. The homeowner got out but inhaled some smoke. The Øst police district confirmed the fire was extinguished by 04:43 on Monday night.
Another house on Vormsund in Nes was left uninhabitable after a fire early Monday, police said. The fire was extinguished around 05:00, according to multiple reports. The homeowner from Vormsund was taken to the emergency room after inhaling some smoke. The cause of the Vormsund fire is currently unknown.
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Emergency services responded to a fire in a detached house at Frivoll in Risør, which was fully engulfed, according to police in Agder. Police said no one lives in the house. Emergency services are also en route to Asker after a report of a fire in a detached house, multiple reports indicate.
In Sweden, several households are without housing after Monday's fire in Hjärup, according to major media reports. In Finspång, a family lived in a white two-story house; the father woke up to a smoke alarm after midnight, major media reported. According to Östgöta Correspondenten, Veroslav Savic described not understanding what was happening and thinking it was something else. In Kvesarum, Gullan Larsen was resting in an armchair in front of a wood stove on a chilly March day, major media reported.
The causes of the fires in Vormsund, Hjärup, Finspång, Kvesarum, and Risør remain under investigation.