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– We're on our way, ready to take what's going to happen, "says Arne Momrak, Operator at Porsgrunn Station 110

Only in Telemark, firefighters had to evict more than 50 fires yesterday:

More Lightning Pending

The rain that fell on Thursday is not enough to reduce the forest fire. On Friday, he is still waiting for warm weather and the danger of more lightning and thunder, which can trigger new fires in the dark terrain.

More lightning and thunder are expected Friday and the Social Security and Preparedness Directorate reminds us of one of us is responsible for fire prevention.

– Scary

We expect that rifles will be used in the future, and especially on Friday there may be a good chance of rain and thunder in several places [19659002] – It's scary when it's lightning, says meteorologist Anne Solveig Andersen at the NTB Meteorological Institute

DSB, who announced earlier this week the extreme risks of Forest fire, encourages people to take their part in the responsibility of preventing fires from spreading themselves. In the worst case, life can be lost, the warning sounds.

– Each of us has a duty to be careful. According to the current situation, it will be a little before the duty is broken, and this can be punished, "says Cecilie Daae, director of DSB

Appointed from vacation

All firefighters who are not on vacation were asked to extinguish 50 fires only in Telemark on Thursday. The fire department is preparing for the same conditions on Friday

– It is critical in the sense that the same weather was reported and the precipitation on Thursday was not large enough for the forest fire to be downgraded Says Momrak at the 110th Telemark Central Station at NTB.

Usually, there are two operators at work, but on Thursday they were at most nine.

– We called extramanism and had to use the old paintings we had written to keep track of all the fires. The different municipalities, instead of writing data. Telemark also had all the crew and equipment during the day. According to Momrak, all those who were not on vacation were recalled.

Thursday night, most fires were under control and in stride, but the plan still plans to insert more d & Crews on five fires on Friday morning. The use of a helicopter is being considered continuously.

– If it will be the same in the morning with lightning and thunder in the 14th century, it is not excluded that the day is similar to today, says the operator.

– What has been good is that people are able to alert early, so we start soon. And we appreciate that people take the time to check if there is smoke or fire. It is also clear that it boils a bit at the top when we receive reports that people have lit a fire, "Momrak said.

Drought in southern Norway has led to more than 100 forest fires in Southern Norway Østfold, Buskerud, Hedmark, Oppland and Rogaland next to Telemark

Critical

The Directorate of Civil Protection and Preparedness (DSB) believes that the next two days will be critical [19659002] – Fortunately, the fire department and the emergency preparedness are so good that if We are empty of people in Telemark, the civil defense has promised people from neighboring countries. to be people from Finnmark, and at Telemark we have their own big troop with specially trained firefighters, "Momrak said.

There is no information on the number of people of the Red Cross and Red Cross. that volunteers from the local community have also set up. He also has two local airline clubs in Nome and Grenland.