A firefighter died after the extinction of forest fires at Akershus

– Police can confirm that an accident occurred yesterday in connection with the extinction of a forest fire in Nes at Akershus. A young man who participated in the work of extinguishing, accident at work, reported Sunday evening the head of the Kari Monsen operation in the East Police District at NTB [19659003] – First aid was done on the spot and he was hospitalized. says Monsen

The police do not want to say more about the course of events at this time. Police conducted on-site investigations and investigated the case as an accident.

Acute Health Problem

It is VG who reported the case for the first time. The newspaper had access to a message sent to the staff of the fire and rescue of the Upper Roman Empire. Fire Chief John Arne Karlsen told the newspaper that the man was alone when the accident occurred and was found on the ground in the fire zone of those who were working there. He tells Romerike Leaf that the message on the death of his colleague was terrible to obtain.

– It is not normal that someone in the early 30s dies so early. First of all, our thoughts go to their loved ones.

The man who died was employed at the Eidsvoll Fire Station in January and has the backdrop of the armed forces.

Many Fires

Karlsen says that work is going out and taking control of the forest fires in the district this weekend has been exceptionally difficult. The message about the death of one of the firefighters was hard to come by.

– Our staff was exposed to an almost unrealistic test this weekend. It has been an extreme weekend since the first forest fires started on Thursday. There were a lot of fires and a lot of blind messages. Many canceled their vacations and many worked almost 24 hours a day. Then we get this event in the middle of everything. It is clear that it is particularly difficult to be a firefighter in such a situation, says Karlsen.