Emergency services were called to a residential fire incident in the Skärplinge area on Thursday, March 12, 2026. According to reports from Arbetarbladet, the fire department was alerted to a villa fire in Skärplinge. A more detailed report from Uppsala Nya Tidning indicates that rescue services with smoke divers were dispatched to a smoke-filled residential basement outside Skärplinge.
The alarm was received at 15:40 on Thursday afternoon. Tommy Wollberg, the command officer at the rescue service, stated that smoke divers had been sent into the basement but confirmed that no life rescue operation was underway as there were reportedly no persons remaining in the basement. The cause of the smoke-filled basement remains unclear according to rescue services, who were on site investigating the incident.
smoke divers had been sent into the basement but confirmed that no life rescue operation was underway as there were reportedly no persons remaining in the basement
The cause of the smoke-filled basement remains unclear according to rescue services