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The fire alarm arrived at 1 pm Sunday after a plane had noticed that smoke was rising from a wood north of Oskarshamn. . About forty firefighters are working to call the fire and two helicopters are expected to bomb the fire zone. It is an area of ten acres.
– When we had the alarm, it was about two hectares, but before we started to work, the area had been enlarged by eight hectares, so it was going very fast, said Jonas Neldemyr at rescue service in Oskarshamn and continues:
– We are working to hunt the fire and the two helicopters from the front of the defense bombs so that the fire will not spread and that tomorrow we are well prepared and able to cope with changes of direction. 19659002] The police were in place but left.
– We assessed that we do not suspect crimes, so we did not leave. At the moment, we will not need to evacuate, "said Rickard Lundqvist, president of the Southern Police.
Evacuations are evacuated in a fire at Värmland
[19659014] "Similar to the Västmanland Forest Fires"
Forest fires raging in a sparsely populated area northwest of Mellingerum near the Kristdala community No buildings are seriously threatened by the 39, fire, but there are settlements near the fire zone
– Currently, given the direction of the wind, no building is threatened.We have been alerted by radio and SMS and the police will go out and warn the residents in the neighboring areas so that everyone can be reached by the information.If necessary, we will help in the evacuation.
The rescue service urges the people curious to stay away from firefighters.At the present time, no e road is closed, but it can change
– We do not want to risk the closure of roads and people stranded in the area.
The rescue service is working to establish a nearby water network depend on their own tankers.
– It looks like the conditions of Skogsbranden in Västmanland, given the drought, the humidity and the wind. The SWI value, the value that shows how fast a forest fire can spread is almost the same as it is then, says Jonas Neldemyr.
READ MORE: SMHI warns in southern Sweden: "Extremely"
Two big fires the same day
When the alarm arrives, the emergency service is putting out a fire in Oskarshamn, but quickly recapitulated the resources, says Jonas Neldemyr. Rescue services in several municipalities helped with forest fire work.
– We are prepared and have an organization that can quickly train external and internal staff. We called staff to cover us but it is unusual that we have two big fires on the same day. We can handle it, but it takes a lot of energy and power.
– Tomorrow we will have a collaborative meeting with SMHI, all the relief services in the county, the County Administrative Board and the defense. We need the help of other emergency services to cope with the weather. 19659002 19659002 The text is being updated.
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