A wooden maintenance building caught fire Tuesday afternoon at the Karhusaari art center in Espoo. The building is part of the historic Sinebrychoff estate grounds. Firefighters worked for about an hour to extinguish the blaze.
The rescue service dismantled structures and put out the fire by 1:30 PM, according to emergency center reports. No injuries occurred in the incident.
Authorities received the alarm around 12:30 PM for a medium-sized building fire. The property holds exceptional cultural value in Finland.
The estate features a villa built in the 1890s by merchant Nicolas Sinebrychoff. The surrounding farm buildings from that era still stand today. The entire complex has protected heritage status.
Cultural heritage sites face particular risks from fires in older wooden structures. This incident highlights the vulnerability of historic properties despite their protected status.
The rescue service confirmed they successfully contained the fire to the maintenance building alone.