Firefighters control forest fire in Froland

Firefighters reported Tuesday at 3 pm Froland forest fire in Aust-Agder. About 90 goals have burned in the region, writes Agderposten. The fire was probably caused by lightning.

According to Fire Chief Hans Henrik Bakke, 22 firefighters, six fire trucks and two six-wheelers were on hand to help with the job. In addition, a helicopter of wildfire, which eventually rose from the place. Firefighters, however, keep watch all night

– Now it seems that the wind has a little lied and that there is currently no danger of spreading to settlements, says Bakke

. a fire broke out in a landfill in Risør in the same county. The smoke was so powerful that it could be seen as far as the center of Risør, and firefighters feared that the fire would spread to a nearby forest. At the time of the 21st century, firefighters reported that they had control of the fire.

– There is no more danger of spreading in the forest, says Petter Vinje Svendsen

Storms create fire

Froland Monday, and lightning can, according to Bakke, be the cause of Tuesday afternoon fire

– Trøndelag inland south of Trondheimsfjord, inland regions of western Norway south of City, Hedmark and Oppland can wait for lightning alternately Tuesday and Wednesday. Elbjørg Moxnes, awning weather forecaster, told NTB

that three wildfires erupted on Monday in Østfold, and that there were several small fires in the forest and land in Agder. All the fires were probably caused by lightning.

The fire risk in Agder is so high that Agder County fire chiefs have withdrawn all the exemptions granted to forestry.

Emergency Fire Department

Up to now, there have been more than 300 forest fires. throughout the last year. Unfortunately, it is expected that there will be a storm just after the warm periods, said department head Trond Brenden in the NTB warning center inside the land.

The head of the department says he recorded a number of forest fires in Hedmark and Oppland this year, but he points out that the increase is also on a national basis

– We have seven airlines that help forest fire monitoring. There is a plane in the air right now. Plus, people are good at saying that we get off the fire early. So there were no big forest fires here, just small fires, he said.

(© NTB)