It was a very severe fire.
It was around 21.30 on Wednesday evening that the emergency services got the call about a house fire outside Piteå. When they arrived the house was engulfed in flames and could not be saved.
– The area has been cordoned off and the emergency services are there for final extinction now, police commander Erik Rönnholm said on Thursday morning.
The police reports on its website that one person is missing after the fire. “A technical investigation will be carried out”, the police writes.
On Thursday morning the case was labelled as suspected arson.