Strong smoke from fires in Mora

The alarm arrived at SOS Alarm at 10:33 Friday.

"It burns a lot of combustible waste and has a very strong evolution of smoke," said Johan Szymanski, head of rescue operations at Mora Rescue Service.

The wind was then so that the smoke blew over the center of Mora, which resulted in an important message to the public, VMA, issued. At 1:20 pm, the whole pile of garbage was caught up.

"The work is going well, but we are working on it, the whole pile is upside down and, in principle, our job is to limit the fire so that it does not spread to other sophisticated people," says Johan Szymanski.

Fire under control – the work of extinguishment continues

At 3 pm, the situation seems a little better. The wind has turned and the smoke is blowing straight into the column instead of passing over Mora. Then, the public service also has control of the sophögen in flames and decided to let it burn in controlled forms.

"We believe we can stay here the rest of the day and that the owners of the recycling center will be able to take over tonight," said Johan Szymanski.

Immediately after, we choose to cancel the important message to the public, considering that the fire no longer presents any danger.

May have burned for several weeks

It is unclear what triggered the fire, but the police have no hint of crime. According to Johan Szymanski, the fire may have started several weeks ago.

"When the fire recovers, it can accelerate in this way, so it's not impossible, it's been a long time," he says.

The rescue services hope to be able to fire the owner to delay his departure after 22:00 Friday night.