About 20 ambulances have been alerted to the site of a major explosion in an apartment area. The police suspects "a crime", but cannot so far rule out an accident, APA reports citing Sputnik.
A strong explosion has rocked an apartment block in the Swedish city of Linköping, the newspaper Aftonbladet reported.
The explosion occurred about 9 o'clock local time. About 20 ambulances have been summonned to the site of explosion in an apartment area at Hamngatan.
"We started to get a large number of calls from people about a heavy explosion in central Linköping, on Hamngatan. Windows have been blown away, and we are in place to secure the site. We have blocked the area and are working on getting a picture of exactly what has happened", Björn Öberg of the Linköping police told Aftonbladet.
The windows and the balconies in a five-storey house were blown off by the explosion.
"I would describe it as a limited war zone", Swedish Radio reporter Rosmari Karlsson said.
Police press officer Åsa Willsund said that there was no clear picture of what caused the blast at the moment, but that an investigation of "general dangarous destruction" has been started.
"The way the situation is now, we suspect that this has happened through a crime, but we also cannot rule out that it is an accident that caused this, so a technical investigation on the spot will show", Willsund said.
Despite the huge damage to the house, the police reported minor personal injuries. According to SOS Alarm, one person has been taken to hospital in an ambulance. Another 16 people are waiting on the spot.
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