Villa fire, Åkarp

Rescue service	Rescue Service South
Fire station	Burlöv and Malmö Rescue Service
Alarm cause	Fire from the roof.
Effect
Situation by arrival	Smoke and fire from the roof of a one-story villa.
Tactics
Method	Rescue teams from Burlöv and Malmö were alerted at 10:30 pm to a villa fire on Akarvägen in Åkarp, Sweden. When the rescue service arrived, there was smoke from the roof of the one-story villa. Indoor firefighters with BA equipment were deployed for drilling and ventilation on the middle roof. A sky lift with the cutting extinguisher was ordered to come from Jägersro station. The indoor BA-team attacked the fire on the roof with the cutting extinguisher and the pressure pushed the water through the roof.
Summary	After just a few minutes of work with the cutting extinguisher the fire subsided in intensity. At midnight the fire was under control and the post extinguishing began. What caused the fire on the roof is currently unclear. The people who were in the house when the fire started managed to escape unharmed before the fire fighters arrived.