Then the wind turned to the southeast was the incident commander at 2 o’clock in the night the assessment that an evacuation of Vänge village can be considered.
Fire area inspected from the air with drone and, based on that knowledge will attfatta decision on a possible evacuation.
These are about 50 households is expected to end up at risk.
During the night the fire area remained unchanged about 1500 times 1000 meters. At 5:30 am there were about 75 people from the emergency services, Home Guard and operators in place to fight the fire.
The fire started in an area between Vänge and Buttle Gotland Friday. It started with a grass fire that quickly spread and became a so-called crown fires, where the tops of the trees caught fire.
Today, sending the Swedish Civil Contingencies advanced equipment to extinguish forest fires. The three helicopters called in to water bomb the fire will continue as long as necessary.
Even the Coast Guard flight has participated in the effort to get an overview of the fire spreading. Police have set up roadblocks on roads around the area. Owners of properties in the area have been informed about the fire, but there is still no decision on evacuation.
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