The alarm about the fire at the preschool in the district of Lergärdet in Borlänge came at 21.20 on Monday evening. According to SOS Alarma, passersby must have seen how it started to burn on a staircase at one of the entrances. Half an hour later, the rescue service announced that it was burning with open flames and that the fire spread to the roof structure.

Suspected homicide

The police suspect the fire is on fire and are investigating the fire as a suspected murder fire.

"We see no natural cause of fire," the police officer on duty said Tuesday morning.

The site is closed off for a technical examination to be done as soon as possible.