Norberg need to be evacuated – Swedish Dagbladet

Norberg need to be evacuated – Swedish Dagbladet

While considering now the rescue even an evacuation of the urban area Norberg.

– they should prepare to leave the resort, said Erik Bergman, spokeswoman for the rescue operation, the P4 Västmanland.

P4 Västmanland reports that some residents in Norberg already begun to leave the resort.

“When I drove into the Norberg with the car so I met a queue,” reported the P4′s posted a little while ago.

In the municipal building in Norberg place simultaneously preparing for a possible decision on evacuation.

– There is a lot of activity but a restrained calm, said Councilor Åsa Eriksson to the radio.

Meanwhile, the municipal website feuding together because of high load.

According to the radio station live 5 600 people in Norberg municipality, of which 4500 in the urban area. Vlt.se reports that buses from county traffic rolled forward to prepare for a possible evacuation.

The fire, which is in its fifth day, continues to spread to the northwest and now classified as a national matter, says the provincial government. Strong winds made it difficult to work on Monday and the fire spread unchecked.

– We have the worst conditions, said Fredrik Eriksson, Information in rescue management.

The first to be evacuated were some 80 accommodation in Vanhakylä. The fire continued to spread and emergency services had to decide on the evacuation of two towns and vicinity: Ängelsberg and Västervåla. Crisis Center to meet the evacuees was set up in Fagersta, Surat and in Västerfärnebo. As a precaution evacuated even a retirement home in Virsbo, Surat.

At 20 o’clock estimated nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated. More locations were discussed simultaneously.

– It can definitely be a decision on more locations during the evening, said the county administrative Erik Bergman.

So far, reported a person injured in the fire. According aftonbladet.se these are about a 42 year old man.

– He is coming to Linköping for care, says Angelica Runqvist, spokeswoman for the forest fire, to TT.

Man reportedly burnt injured after being involved in an accident with a logging truck, somewhere on the road 668. incident must have occurred earlier during the Monday evening, but the circumstances are very unclear.

Earlier on Monday, nine people encircled by flames . They were eventually airlifted out by military and all nine are reported to have been unharmed. The nine had reportedly gone out of the area on your own.

The fire spread on Monday in a northwesterly direction. Trains were canceled and roads in the affected area was also closed off.

The dramatic day also coincided with this year’s highs today in Sala – 34.4 degrees. Add to that inaccessible terrain, as a further aggravating factor for the emergency services.

On Monday fetched a total of 13 helicopters seawater to water bomb the fire from the sky. Two Italian aircraft with a capacity of up to five cubic meters of water each time to be from Tuesday reinforce the work. Another helicopter will also be deployed. The water will on Tuesday be retrieved from the lake Åmänningen, therefore sealed off. The public is asked to remove things such as fishing gear, and to stay away from the lake.

The fire-fighting is expected to last at least a month. The scope is seldom seen, and according to the provincial government, the fire is historic.

– It is the largest forest fire in modern times (in Sweden), Erik Bergman.