At 18:27 on Tuesday, a fire broke out on Drottninggatan in Huskvarna. Several rescue vehicles were sent to the scene.

According to SOS Alarm, there is a fire inside Husqvarna AB with it is too early to say anything about what it looks like on the site right now. The fire should not be under control.

"We have been told that eight people have been breathing smoke and three people have been taken to hospital by ambulance but I do not know anything about the injury situation," says Åsa Willsund, the police spokesperson.

According to the police, the fire should have started in a machine but the extent is currently unclear.

- There is no visible or noticeable smoke and no visible flames from here, says SVT reporter Anna-Karin Hedén, who is on the Ådalsvägen above the factory in Huskvarna.