A ‘powerful’ explosion has been reported at a secondary school in the Swedish town of Karlstad, according to local media.

The Expressen newspaper said that a loud ‘bang’ could be heard in other parts of the city as the explosion went off at Tinvalla Upper Secondary, and a fire broke out in the building.

There have been no reports of casualties so far and emergency services are at the scene.

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‘We are on site now and are trying to ascertain what has exploded,’ Ola Akesson of Karlstad’s emergency services told Expressen.



Akesson added: ‘It was a powerful explosion.’

Tinvalla Upper Secondary headteacher Christine Holmberg said that the premises had been searched and there was ‘nothing to suggest a bomb’.

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