Significant damage occurred after a fire broke out in a multi-family house in Akureyri, RÚV reports.
A fire began in a multi-family house in Akureyri early this morning, and although the fire brigade quickly managed to control the blaze, significant damage was done to the building.
RÚV reports that the fire has since been successfully extinguished.
Gunnar Rúnar Ólafsson, the fire chief in Akureyri, stated that a significant amount of smoke was coming from the house when the fire brigade arrived. No residents were inside the apartment that caught fire, and they managed to extinguish the fire quickly, in about half an hour.
The building in question is home to four apartments.
Gunnar stated that there is no further information about the source of the fire.
