Forest fires at Østfold under control

– This is serious, said Espen Stabell at East Central 110 at earlier in Dagbladet.

At 17:15 on Monday afternoon East Central Station 110 declared that there was an area of ​​about 100 x 20 meters burning at Rømskog in Østfold .

Stabell confirmed that a forest fire helicopter was en route to a forest fire in progress at Rømskog.

Extreme drought makes the situation

– We do not control the fire, but we have some control over the extent, he said earlier.

At 18:19, Skogbrann Helicopter reported on Twitter that fire helicopters from Kjeller and Torp had been sent to Rømskog

– Full Music Jobs

At 19:12, the forest fire is still under control. Head of East 110 Central Frode Johannessen tells Dagbladet that they in turn have two helicopters and a full crew

– We are working for complete music, he says.

It is too early to speculate on a possible cause, but Johannessen says the district is particularly dry.

– We have no control. It's a rugged terrain and hard to live with.

Has control

– Do you have control of the forest fire now?

– That's right, says Jan Karlsen, the chief of Central Station East 110 at Dagbladet at 20:11

– They are on the spot and are late and we still use a helicopter, he says.

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Firefighters will use the drone at night to keep up with the situation

It states that the area as steep was 200 times 20 meters when they started to control the forest fire

The situation should not be serious anymore.