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Panic ensued and a number of people were injured after a suspected arson attack on Restad gard in V"anersborg, the largest asylum centre in Sweden. One man was seriously injured after escaping the fire by jumping from the third floor.
Emergency services were called at around 4:15 am to a fire in a common room on the third floor of the residential facility run by the Swedish migration authority (Migrationsverket). There was a large amount of smoke by the time firefighters arrived on the scene.
A dozen people inhaled smoke, of which most were given oxygen on the spot. Three were taken to Norra "Alvsborg Hospital in Trolh"atten."One person is seriously injured due to trauma from jumping . The other two have smoke-related injuries," communications director Niklas Claesson of Norra "Alvsborg Hospital said.
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