The highest values ​​of fire risk in modern times – News

It burns in 19 locations in the country according to the SOS alarm map of fire alarms in the forest and land. The worst is still burning around Färila in the municipality of Ljusdal and in the woods to the east of Älvdalen in northern Dalarna.

Mikael Tofvesson, deputy chief of the operational department of MSB, said at the press conference of the government. The man until Friday noon saw a positive development which, however, changed a bit when the Kårböle fire rose again.

The afternoons are the most critical.

Tofvesson hopes that the rain promised today can bring some relief in the long-term management of fires.

But the situation remains exceptional.

We have not measured such values ​​of high fire risk in modern times.

Heavy villages are expected

Cooler weather with sheds expected Saturday and Sunday is expected It also means windy winds.

We expect quite powerful villages, so we will evacuate the area staff. For security reasons, because there will be trees here and where. As far as the wind is concerned, we know that the fire is going to accelerate in the direction of the wind and we are going to check it, "explains Hans Nornholm, fire operations director for the municipality of Ljusdal

. means you come back to the border

We are waiting. Then it will stop blowing until the evening, then we will come in and attack again. That's my tactical plan.

If the rain dares, he says nothing.

I do not cry hello until I see him. Just with me now, it's clear blue sky, "says Hans Nornholm.

The rescue chief in Gävleborg says that the rescue service is now completely dependent on the weather, how hot and dry it will be

to be over?

The fires will not be extinguished until nature helps us, so it is. But one week for at least the emergency phase, says Robert Strid, chief of rescue at Gävleborg

Outing to Jämtland

In Jämtland, hope that the rescue service can finish and return home.

They are in a helicopter Teresia Gustavsson, a firefighter engineer in the Jämtland rescue service, explains: "During the night, a number of small fires broke out in the country."

Fenspång, Norrköping and Flen were fires triggered by rushes, says Peter Arnevall. A special emergency service during the fire effort, during the MSB press conference

It also says that the thunder and thunder coming now increase the risk of spreading fires and new fires