Published 22 May 2021 at 09.58
Domestic. The Willys store at the Knalleland shopping center in Borås burned down last night. Police suspect the fire was started.
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The alarm about the fire in the Willys store came in to the police at 22:52 on Friday night. At first, only the development of smoke was visible, but after a while flames burst through the roof.
The fire brigade has been on site during the night to try to extinguish the fire. The fire was still raging on Saturday morning. No one is said to have been injured.
The police are investigating the incident as a suspected arson and when the fire is extinguished, a technical investigation will be carried out on the spot.
– It is to investigate how the fire has started and if there is reason to assume that it is predisposed, or if it is a natural cause, says Jan Johansson, on-duty preliminary investigation leader at the police to BT.se.
According to information to Aftonbladet, young people gathered with car in the parking lot outside Willys on Friday night. This has led to the police expressing suspicions that the fire has something to do with the youth gang, suspicions that were later taken back.
– We can not confirm that the young people had anything to do with the fire. We do not know if it was constructed or how it arose, says Andreas Odén, duty officer at the police West to Expressen.