Z tore – threatened bridges and power plants – Aftonbladet

A vassrugg has freed itself of Ältebosjön outside Gästrikeleden-Hammarby.

It floated down to a river and feared to threaten bridges and a power plant – but the emergency services got to the final stop on it.

– There should not be any danger now, said Magnus Stenberg, unit leader at the emergency services.

emergency services were at 17 o’clock on the grass platelet unclear reason cut through.

These are a kind of vassrugg approximately 25 meters long and five meters wide. It slipped away and got stuck in the creek that runs into the village Gästrikeleden-Hammarby. Firefighters went on to tow the island with three boats, but were initially not very framgånsrika.

But at 19 o’clock announced the emergency services to the loose and were being pushed into a bay to be anchored there.

– We have piloted it with the help of several boats and a fire engine. It was hard. The boats could not, but by plugging in the fire truck and pull it went, says Magnus Stenberg, unit leader at Gästrikeleden emergency services, who were in the first fire truck that arrived at the scene.

“has threatened bridges and power plant”

If the island had continued to glide along the river had risked danger in a power station about 800 meters away.

– it has threatened bridges and power plant. The bridges are quite fine. But there should not be any danger now, said Magnus Stenberg.

Wencke Johansen Persson, 46, lives in the nearby village.

– Island have released and entered the mouth of the river that runs into the village and it has wedged itself firmly, but sitting just stuck with some trees and branches around, she said earlier.

– It blows quite considerably. We have an old mansion here and an old bridge that we are afraid that it will go in and get stuck in.

Can be buried apart

Further afield there are sluices at the power station.

– And end it there, then we probably flood the small village here, says Wencke Johansen Persson.

the reeds will probably be dug down where it is anchored in the bay.

– But it is Sandviken Energi will take care of it, says Magnus Stenberg.

the plant does not produce electricity at the moment, according to emergency services, and the flow downstream is minimal.