The incident alert came to the rescue service on 01.19.
- It is a rice pile that has started burning for unknown reasons, says Christian Lind.
- We have started extinguishing and ordered a wheel loader that will help us a lot and load gravel on this rice pile.
The gravel helps stifle the fire and divide the fire.
- It's a pretty long rice pile this, says Lind.
Högen is behind a treatment plant outside Norrköping and how the fire started right now is unclear. The rescue service states at 02.30 that they will remain on site for at least two hours, but expects to be finished with the effort before morning.