– We gathered them in a swimming pool nearby, and from there they are transported on to places where they can spend the night, says the chief of guards.
Around 02 o’clock the wind has turned and the smoke is blowing north in the direction of the fjord and away from the city.
The fire is not yet under control and the fire brigade is still working on the extinguishing work.
An ambulance is on standby at the pier at the address Langsand, where the salmon factory is located. So far it has not been needed.
– Fortunately, there are no injuries, neither with serious nor minor injuries, says Jesper Brøndum.
It was an employee at the factory who reported the fire. First, smoke was seen from an open door at the factory, since bread flames through the roof of the building.
Shortly after the report, police contacted the manager of the factory to gain access to oxygen tanks inside the building.
– The salmon factory is a huge fish farm with basins, and the salmon get oxygen just like aquarium fish. We are not much for those oxygen tanks during a fire, so we get them removed. It costs the salmon their lives. But the alternative had been boiled fish, says the chief of guards.
He does not know how many salmon have died.
It is also unknown how the fire originated.
– When we can get into the building – and it can take a long time, because we must first have complete control of the fire – the investigations into the cause of the fire begin, says Jesper Brøndum.
The chief of guards adds that he is currently awaiting the fire brigade’s bid for a time horizon for the extinguishing work. He expects it to take “many hours”.
Source: The Nordic Page