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Fire at Skansen put out: "The worst that can happen"

The fire at Glasbruket on Skansen in Stockholm has been extinguished. The cause is believed to be molten glass that flowed out of a furnace and caught fire. It flowed out too quickly and became a smaller flame that the staff first tried to extinguish themselves, says Yvonne Nordlind, communications manager at Skansen.

» Updated: Today, 11:31

» Published: Today, 08:40

Fire at Skansen put out: "The worst that can happen"
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The fire did not spread inside or outside the building, and no person or object was damaged in the fire.

It's just a few planks in the floor that we need to replace. Then there has been smoke development, so it's sooty and needs to be sanitized, says Yvonne Nordlind.

Everything has gone well, thank goodness.

The alarm about the fire came at 08.19 on Saturday morning. The extinguishing work was initially hampered by gas cylinders and incoming gas in the property, but by 10 o'clock the fire was under control and the park could open as usual.

It has looked quite dramatic. There have been fire trucks and police, and the entire area was cordoned off, says Yvonne Nordlind.

The glassworks will be closed for a few days during the sanitation, and Skansen will now investigate exactly what happened in detail.

It was the human factor, and we are confident that we have good safety work and routines. We have so many old houses, so fire is the worst that can happen.

The glassworks is a culturally marked building from 1936 and is the only one of its kind in Stockholm.

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