Significant fire in recycling plants: – Dispersion control

Police and firefighters reported the fire Monday night at 8:00 pm. It has been reported that fire and intense smoke have evolved.

At 8:22 pm, the fire department reported that it was a completely developed building fire

. It burns well and we try to prevent the spread in a plastic room, office breaks and other places, "says operator Nils Bjerknes at Sunnmørsposten 20.25

C & # 39; is a recycling room for the burning of garbage cans

At 21:40 fire department that there is a control over the fire in order to extend to the surrounding buildings, but it still burns in garbage in the building.

– We now control the spread around. There are about 20 firefighters in the swing, says Bjerke at 22, who says that they will continue to work overnight, and that they continually evaluate whether it is necessary to summon the defense Civil Code

Police: – Close windows

Sykkylven residents close windows when turning in the direction of the wind

The NRK reporter on the spot is informed that the fire department is starting to run out of water and the pipeline goes to the fjord, reports NRK. This can not be confirmed by the operator of the central station

Consider the evacuation

– Currently, the smoke is relatively straight. We have not yet come to evacuate the area, but we thought that there might be a need. Currently, we are waiting for the situation, "says Jan Helge Kjøl, director of police operations, in Sunnmørsposten

Nils-Harald Ånstad, Sunnmørspost man on the spot, says that he is a wood warehouse. Longer behind, there are pallets and wood waste in full blaze.

– This is a dramatic fire, and it 's all about making sure the lobby next door. Firefighters move to avoid spilling into the hall, "says Ånstad

– Wastewater Burning

Per Ole Tenden, CEO of Miljøkvalitet AS, runs the factory.

– Now they have control over the fire and the spread, and are putting out the work. If it continues like now, we could have a normal operation at the factory tomorrow. Now there is no longer a dramatic fire, he says late on Monday night

He says there is sorted residual waste that has burned.

– There should be no smoke or poisonous gas. There is no hazardous waste that burns, he says.

The plastic hall, where the environmental station is located, should be limited to damage. He says that the fire in the sorting room will not have any serious consequences for the operation.

– This is a material damage, of course, he says.

And on the cause of fire he said: – A little early to conclude, but it is most likely marine lakes.

– Was there any staff at work when he started to burn?

– There were no employees at work with us, but they lived nearby and notified when it started to burn

The quality of the environment is also responsible for the operation of the Ålesund (ÅRIM) inter-municipal environmental society in Sykkylven, but it was not the one that burned

– Øystein Solevåg at ÅRIM in Sunnmørsposten

– J & # I have been in touch with the quality of the environment until the evening and, after what I understood, there is no major damage to the recycling station. We want a meeting tomorrow where we examine whether it can be opened as normal or should be closed. In this case, Sykkylven customers can use the facility in Strandafjellet or Bingsa, says the director of the general manager.

He says that they have procedures for not storing a lot of hazardous waste at the facility and that it is not about hazardous waste with Burns

– Heftig

A witness told Sunnmørsposten that there is a strong smell and that there is a lot of smoke throughout the building.

The powerful smoke is visible over long distances. People give a tip and call from Festøy, Emblem, Vegsundet and Sykkylven.

Marthe Iren Utgård was Monday night near the recycling plant

– Police, firefighters and an ambulance were on hand, and it was very hot.

– Then we were asked to drive there Do you have any advice? Call / send an SMS to 95400400 or [email protected].