Twelve folks had been despatched to hospital for minor accidents, and police say one particular person is presently lacking.
A hearth broke out Monday at a water park below development in certainly one of Scandinavia’s largest amusement parks, sending an enormous plume of black smoke drifting over Gothenburg.
The blaze in Sweden’s second-largest metropolis unfold throughout a number of yet-to-be-opened waterslides at Liseberg Park.
Giant components of the tube waterslides had been wrecked, together with one with a drop of 13 metres.
Twelve folks had been despatched to hospital for minor accidents, and police say one particular person is presently lacking.
The trigger remains to be unknown, however authorities say the fireplace is being investigated as a “office accident”.
The hearth division urged folks within the space affected by the smoke to remain indoors and shut doorways, home windows and air flow and take heed to the native radio.
There have been scores of fireplace vans and police vehicles on the scene.
A close-by lodge and workplace amenities had been evacuated, the police stated. At the least three explosions despatched particles from buildings scattered over the burning waterslides.
The hearth broke out on the €9.8 million Oceana water park, which had been scheduled to open this summer time.
Liseberg, in downtown Gothenburg, opened in 1923 and is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot with some 3 million guests a yr.
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