Fires along the Gjøvik Way are extinguished

The crew of eight men who walked along the course of Gjøvik until Tuesday to ensure that the fire did not ignite was now reduced to four.

– There is no fire now, so no stop is taking place. There are four men on the spot with a tanker to watch and they will probably be there in the afternoon, "said Espen Stabell, deputy chief of Eastern 110, at NTB.

Forest fires along Gjøvikbanen took place on Sunday evening between Sandermosen in Oslo and Hakadal, and they continued after Monday, which led to a complete stoppage of rail traffic on this stretch.Just before the night of midnight to Tuesday, NSB and Bane Nor announced that it was opened.

– Gjøvikbanen is open again Thanks to firefighters and volunteers for their extinction efforts According to NSK, there was a freight train that had been driving the brakes, which triggered an 11-kilometer forest fire along the railway line

Firenze in Nittedal and Oslo fought against the fire on Sunday and Monday Roger Andersen, the director of the school, said Tuesday at NTB that there was a lot of chanc e in the photo that made that fire is not worse.

– It could have been a big forest fire with drought. .

(© NTB)