First there was a heather fire at Hammarvatnet on Frøya. When the fire service had this under control, there were reports of smoke 8 km further north on the island at Nesse. Both fires are now under control. A little before six o’clock on Tuesday morning, the fire service received a report about the heather fire at Hammarvatnet. About an hour later, they had this fire under control. Photo: Ronny Teigås The power grid may be the cause Over 2,000 people were without power, according to Tensio, but power should be restored. The police state that it is probably the high-voltage power lines that run across both areas that are the cause of the fires. Tensio also states that both fires started at transformer kiosks. – It is too early to say anything about the cause of the fires, and it is very rare for the power grid to start a fire. But it happens. That’s according to Tensio’s director of communications, Bengt Eidem. Together with the fire service, the network company must find out why the fire started. Fear of a repeat of 2014 Mayor Kristin Furunes Strømskag woke up to news of the heather fire at Hammarvatnet. This made her fear a repeat of the big heather fire in 2014. – We are quickly taken back to January 2014 when there was the really big heather fire on Frøya. But now it looks like they have control and that this will go really well, says Strømskag. Overview of the heather fires on Frøya.
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A heather fire and power cut on Frøya – news Trøndelag
