https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Seven people were taken to hospital on Thursday after a bicycle battery exploded in an apartment in central Malmö, causing a fire. https://www.thelocal.se/20240718/seven-people-taken-to-hospital-after-bike-battery-explosion-in-malmo-apartment Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:06:50 +0200 seven-people-taken-to-hospital-after-bike-battery-explosion-in-malmo-apartment One person has been found dead after a fire destroyed Liseberg's new water park Oceana, which had been set to open this summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20240216/dead-body-found-after-fire-at-gothenburgs-liseberg-amusement-park Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:09:27 +0100 dead-body-found-after-fire-at-gothenburgs-liseberg-amusement-park A man is missing after a fire broke out at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, with shocking images showing its newly built water park in flames. https://www.thelocal.se/20240213/one-man-missing-after-fire-inferno-destroys-swedens-biggest-amusement-park Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:28:52 +0100 one-man-missing-after-fire-inferno-destroys-swedens-biggest-amusement-park At a Halloween party in Gothenburg in 1998, a fire started by four youths led to one of the deadliest disasters of modern Swedish history. Sixty-three young people lost their lives and many more were injured. https://www.thelocal.se/20181029/the-biggest-fire-disaster-in-swedish-history-gothenburg-disco Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:14 +0100 the-biggest-fire-disaster-in-swedish-history-gothenburg-disco Swedish police said on Tuesday they were investigating whether a fire that reduced a mosque to rubble the previous day in central Sweden was arson. https://www.thelocal.se/20230926/swedish-police-open-arson-case-after-mosque-fire Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:45:47 +0200 swedish-police-open-arson-case-after-mosque-fire Around 20 people had to evacuate a smoke-filled tunnel north of Stockholm on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20230831/seventeen-workers-stuck-in-smoke-filled-tunnel-north-of-stockholm Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:37:09 +0200 seventeen-workers-stuck-in-smoke-filled-tunnel-north-of-stockholm Firefighters are battling a blaze at a major smelting plant east of Skellefteå, with authorities describing the situation as "critically stable". https://www.thelocal.se/20230613/skelleftea-blaze-helicopters-called-in-to-stop-fire-from-spreading Tue, 13 Jun 2023 13:17:02 +0200 skelleftea-blaze-helicopters-called-in-to-stop-fire-from-spreading Stockholm residents may have noticed or smelled smoke over recent days, and the reason is an enormous dumpster fire that has been burning since before Christmas. https://www.thelocal.se/20210120/firefighters-start-work-to-extinguish-huge-dumpster-fire-burning-since-before-christmas Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:18:53 +0100 firefighters-start-work-to-extinguish-huge-dumpster-fire-burning-since-before-christmas Northern Swedes rushed to the store to buy the iconic Polarbröd flatbread after one of its major bakeries burned to the ground in a devastating fire inferno, threatening hundreds of jobs. https://www.thelocal.se/20200825/swedes-mourn-iconic-flatbread-after-bakery-goes-up-in-flames Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:31:08 +0200 swedes-mourn-iconic-flatbread-after-bakery-goes-up-in-flames The factory of one of Sweden's most well-known bread producers burned to the ground in the early hours of Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20200824/iconic-bread-factory-gutted-in-devastating-fire-in-northern-sweden Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:30:07 +0200 iconic-bread-factory-gutted-in-devastating-fire-in-northern-sweden Stockholm commuters were told to expect delays and cancellations on Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out. https://www.thelocal.se/20190917/stockholm-commuter-train-station-evacuated-after-fire Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:42:28 +0200 stockholm-commuter-train-station-evacuated-after-fire A fire ban has been introduced across Stockholm county as a result of recent warm, dry weather that has created a fire risk. https://www.thelocal.se/20190617/stockholm-introduces-fire-and-barbecue-ban-as-temperatures-rise Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:52:18 +0200 stockholm-introduces-fire-and-barbecue-ban-as-temperatures-rise More than 30 apartments were evacuated as firefighters battled a blaze in central Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20190614/malmo-apartments-evacuated-as-firefighters-battle-blaze Fri, 14 Jun 2019 10:02:34 +0200 malmo-apartments-evacuated-as-firefighters-battle-blaze A gas-powered bus in Malmö burst into flames on Tuesday afternoon, although as were no passengers on board, no one was hurt. https://www.thelocal.se/20190528/bus-bursts-into-flames-in-malms-western-harbour Tue, 28 May 2019 17:55:42 +0200 bus-bursts-into-flames-in-malms-western-harbour Stockholm commuters were warned of significant traffic disruption on Monday morning, after a public bus caught fire in what authorities believe may have been a gas tank explosion. https://www.thelocal.se/20190311/traffic-chaos-expected-after-stockholm-bus-fire Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:46:11 +0100 traffic-chaos-expected-after-stockholm-bus-fire UPDATED: A public bus caught fire in central Stockholm at around noon on Sunday in what police say was a traffic accident. https://www.thelocal.se/20190310/bus-fire-in-central-stockholm Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:49:11 +0100 bus-fire-in-central-stockholm Around 100 apartments were evacuated late on Wednesday night after a large fire broke out in Skövde, western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190117/100-apartments-evacuated-after-fire-in-skovde-western-sweden Thu, 17 Jan 2019 08:26:20 +0100 100-apartments-evacuated-after-fire-in-skovde-western-sweden Emergency services in Stockholm were continuing on Tuesday morning to tackle a fire that started in a bus depot almost 24 hours earlier. https://www.thelocal.se/20181127/stockholm-firefighters-tackle-bus-depot-blaze Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:47:21 +0100 stockholm-firefighters-tackle-bus-depot-blaze Two girls have been apprehended for aggravated arson after a school in Uppsala, southern Sweden was partially destroyed in a major fire. https://www.thelocal.se/20181008/two-apprehended-for-arson-after-uppsala-school-fire-partly-destroyed Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:40:54 +0200 two-apprehended-for-arson-after-uppsala-school-fire-partly-destroyed At least 11 people were injured after a fire tore through a residential building in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20180913/residents-jump-from-windows-as-fire-rips-through-student-corridor-jonkoping-sweden Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:32:39 +0200 residents-jump-from-windows-as-fire-rips-through-student-corridor-jonkoping-sweden