At around 00:30 at night, the emergency manager on the scene states that it may look like they are starting to get the fire under control. – The status now is that the fire service has managed to manage the fire as they wanted, says emergency manager Eva Welle. She adds that the wind direction in the area will help determine how the fire will develop. Operations manager Eva Welle in Ålesund Photo: Silje Steinnes Bjerknes / news Shortly afterwards the Police in Møre og Romsdal announced on Twitter that the evacuees could return to their houses. The heather fire in Skarbøvika in Ålesund was reported to the emergency services at 10.56pm on Saturday evening. – It burned quite well in the terrain. We are considering evacuating more if the need arises, says police operations manager Eivind Klokkersund at Møre og Romsdal police district. There should be approximately 70 meters from the fire to the nearest building. The police use drones to get an overview. A fire started in the terrain in Ålesund on Saturday evening. – There is a relatively large area that is burning, says Kjetil Iversen, duty manager at the fire service. He says the wind is currently “favorable”. – So it has not yet been assessed as an acute danger to houses. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, but according to the police, witnesses have observed fireworks in the area earlier in the day, writes Sunnmørsposten. – We do not know what caused the fire. We will question witnesses and investigate this further, says task leader Eva Welle. No injuries have been reported. The emergency services are on the scene at the fire on Saturday evening. Photo: Silje Steinnes Bjerknes / news The police urge residents in the immediate area to keep doors and windows closed, and to switch off ventilation systems that are not necessary. There is a yellow warning due to the risk of forest fire in the area. More fires on Saturday This is the second large heather fire reported on Saturday. Throughout much of the day, the fire brigade has been extinguishing the fire in Roan in Trøndelag. – The fire is under control as it stands now, but everything depends on the wind not turning and becoming stronger, says the police’s operations manager Anne Birgitte Arras at 10.17pm on Saturday. The fire service is now using a heat-seeking drone in efforts to extinguish several small fires in the terrain.
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