The police received several calls about a loud bang at 23.50 on Tuesday night.

- There has been some form of explosion in a property. We currently consider it a general dangerous destruction, says Jens Christensen, duty officer at the police in region West

Broken gate

Jens Christensen can not comment on how powerful the explosion has been and how extensive the damage to the building in question is, but TT's photographer on site testifies that a gate appears to have been blown up and that the bang seems to have been substantial.

There are no reports of injuries.

Residents were evacuated

The residents in the affected stairwell were evacuated immediately. The rescue service and the police's national bomb squad were later able to establish that there was no risk of a landslide or risk of further explosions.

By 02:00 the barrier had been reduced and only the police technicians were left and investigated the explosion site.