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Firefighters, civil defense and firefighting helicopters had a busy evening at work.
In several counties, Thursday night burned heavily in dry woodlands. Just after 11 pm, the 110-station said that they now have fire control in eastern Norway.
In Aust-Agder, firefighters strike for the night, but still do not control the fire
Continued Control in Aust-Agder
– We can not begin to talk about control Still, there are areas where water has not disappeared. Jan Røilid in the Kristiansandsregion fire and rescue service (KBR) at the Fædrelandsvennen late Thursday evening
At 11 pm, the fire department reduced the efforts of the night before continuing on Friday morning, writes the Father's friend. Yet, tens of thousands of team members will follow the fire and try to leave what they can in the night.
Fire now covers about 160 forests.
At around 3 pm on Thursday, a fire broke out on the Vindslandsheia property on the Birkeland-Grimstad border in Aust-Agder. Two firefighting helicopters were placed in the fire works throughout the evening.
Firefighters from Birkenes, Lillesand and Grimstad moved into the area, along with the Civil Defense crew. In addition, volunteer farmers with fertilizer spreaders contributed to the closure. Drones are also used to monitor the situation.
Evacuee
Firefighters fear that it will take a week to extinguish the flames, writes Agderposten.
– There is a lot of wind in the area, which makes the job difficult. We had firefighters on the site, but it reappears just after emptying the water, "says Jan Røilid at NTB.
The burning zone is a forest area without housing. Even though police and firefighters did not find it necessary to begin evacuation, several residents themselves chose to evacuate humans and animals from areas near the fire. the forest throughout the evening, reported NRK.
– I had a gap trap and a game camera 200-300 feet from the cabin, and they were burned. So the fire is very close. The firefighters of Grimstad were at the moment in the hut and occupied Krister Isaksen, who owns one of the two neighboring cabins of Vindslandsheia in Fædrelandsvennen
A lot of smoke in Aurskog- Høland
Nordre Mangen in Aurskog- The municipality of Høland, near the border between Akershus and Hedmark, was reported in the 19th century about a big forest fire with flames in the trees.
Firefighters and police were in place at 7:15 pm, asking for help from a fire helicopter. Just after 8 pm, the fire department reported on Twitter that large forces and helicopters were on site.
"We are still going, but with good control." We are getting help from civil defense for the consequences, "said Espen Stabell, head of the 110th district's department. East to NTB Thursday evening
Together, about fifteen targets have burned forests in the region, says Stabell
The forestry sector is located east of the municipality of Aurskog-Høland , but the smoke was visible over long distances, writes Romerike Blad
At the forefront in Aremark and Østmarka
in Aremark in Østfold, that of the Kollerødtjernet
Thursday evening, the deputy leader Espen Stabell at the 110th Central East Division was able to tell NTB that the consequences are now almost the same.
– We had two fires in the same area of Aremark. good control over the far north and now we can also say the same thing has About the southernmost fire we started with after closing at 11pm. It has an area of about 150 times 150 meters burned. It's the fire we work with the most, "Stabell said.
A fire was also reported on a peninsula at Kløftetjern in Østmarka between Oslo and Enebakk. At 10:20 pm, firefighters report on Twitter that they control the Kløftetjern fire and that they are extinguishing it.
– Kløftjern also has control now, also thanks to his good efforts, his formidable efforts, and there are also aftershocks, says Stabell
Fires should not have threatened the construction, but ran near some high voltage lines. The cause of the fires is not known, but no case of firefighting or other activities that could have caused them has been reported.
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