The alarm came in around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, reporting a grandstand fire at the O'Learys Arena football field. Fire services were dispatched and extinguished the blaze, but one grandstand section was completely destroyed.
Later in the morning, police arrived at the scene to conduct a forensic investigation. The current classification of the crime is arson.
– Technicians are investigating. It's usually not easy to find things after fires, but you never know, says Nicklas Classon, inspector with Skellefteå police.
Police are now seeking witnesses who were in the area on Tuesday morning. They urge anyone who saw anything to contact them by phone at 114 14.
– It could be a car, someone cycling away quickly, or anything at all.
There are no reports of injured persons, and the cause of the fire remains unclear.