Inserted a helicopter to extinguish the fire
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Firefighters called all available crews in Nordreisa. The Civil Defense and Avinor firefighters were placed Sunday in the Galsomelen fire extinguisher in Nordreisa.
The fire department also receives help from the neighboring municipality of Kåfjord, which has sent a tanker.
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The fire occurred in the landfill itself. According to Central Station 110, the fire department had control late Sunday night, but it was still burning well
On Sunday night, an Alta helicopter was put out.
– It can drop 500 liters of water per turn. At the present time, we have trouble getting to all the places where she burns. With the helicopter, we can fall to the right, "said Christian Andreassen at center 110 at 22.30.
Engraving machines are also used, he says.
– They dig waste that we end up extinguishing, says Andreassen to Nordlys
Rope and Wool
– I do not know much about it at the moment, except that it has reached a trough and
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AID: The fire department asked the civil defense to help control the large fire in Nordreisa.
Photo: Sverre Trygg Hauan
– We posted a message on municipal websites that people should keep windows closed to avoid smoking. He is black and on the way up to Reisadalen. Fortunately, it is clear today, so the smoke is clearly visible to everyone over a long distance.
He told the acting councilor of Nordreisa Municipality, Christin Andersen, at Nordlys Sunday afternoon. Andersen has been in constant contact with the leader in charge of updating the conditions.
– The civil defense, the fire brigade and the police are still there and they are actively extinguishing. The fire is as important as it was an hour ago, but as it has not increased, it seems like things are under control, Andersen said at 4 pm.
Watch the video of Reisadalen.
– Plastic smoke
There should be no risk of explosion
– We were informed that it is a kind of plastic smoke and that he should not act explosives. The fire department is following the smoke, I'm not worried at the moment, says Andersen.
Just before 17 hours, the director of Sørkjosen airport, Tor Rasmussen, said that the airport had been closed because of the fire.
– We have received orders from the police station that we must close. That's because we have to send what we have fire prep to Galsomelen to help with extinction. We can not allow planes to take off or land at the airport without access to fire-fighting services, "he said.
It hits the passengers who go to Tromsø.
– This is a flight from Tromsø, which should have landed at 8 o'clock in the morning, we are the only ones able to offer this kind of fire service in the north Troms and when the fire is so critical we are happy to comfort with what we have equipment and crew. Life and health are always going forward, says Rasmussen.
It is not known when the airport will open again.
– I'm waiting for the airport to reopen tomorrow, but that depends, of course, on the evolution of fire and smoke, he says.
May take days
Just before 7 pm, one of the employees of the Nordlys waste management company informs us that he feared that it would take several days to extinguish fire in the landfill. This was also the case with the previous large fire that occurred at the dump in October 2001.
In addition, he claims that the fire has so far caused material damage.
– A bigger machine is broken in the fire. A so-called compactor used to compress waste in the landfill was so close to the fire that employees who did not have the chance to try to save it.
Nordlys has updated the case.
