The case in summary: Firemen, including Andreas Røsche, have fought a major fire at Ragn Sell’s business in Bamble. The fire has been burning since Tuesday evening, and it is expected that it will take time to put it out completely. Billions of dollars could have been lost if the fire had spread to a nearby boat warehouse. Fire chief Morten Meen Gallefos praises the crews for their efforts. Ragn-Sells has received permission to temporarily store 50,000 tonnes of tires and tire scraps and up to 75 tonnes of hazardous waste. The state administrator in Vestfold and Telemark has had a meeting with the business about handling the situation. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – This will take time. It is absolutely guaranteed. Firefighter Andreas Røsche stands in full firefighting equipment and looks out over the plot of land on Skjerkøya in Bamble where the Ragn Sells company is still burning. The smoke is thick over the area. – It’s been a lot of hours, and it’s a tough job. The time of year has also made the work for the firefighters extra challenging because of the cold. Both firefighters and equipment freeze. They have also had several items of clothing destroyed due to smoke and extinguishing water in which they wade. The big fire has been going on since 8.30pm on Tuesday evening and it is still burning. The company Ragn-Sells stores, among other things, old car tires from all over southern Norway. The fire in the recycling plant may have started in a mill. – It has been long days, says Røsche. Billions of dollars could have been lost Morten Meen Gallefos is fire chief at Grenland Fire and Rescue. He says that it is only coincidence that has meant that no great value has been lost. Morten Meen Gallefoss, head of Grenland fire and rescue. Photo: Fredrik Pedersen / news Morten Meen Gallefoss, head of Grenland fire and rescue. Photo: Fredrik Pedersen / news – It was very close. The fire could have quickly spread to a boat warehouse in the immediate vicinity. There were values for over a billion. He brags about his crews. – They have made an absolutely enormous effort. The fire chief says it will take time to extinguish the fire. – We will be out here throughout the weekend. It will take at least 48 hours or more before the fire can be extinguished. Haven’t experienced anything like it. Firefighter Andreas Røsche trudges around the fire site to get a complete overview. There is still a lot of smoke and open flames. – The fire is quite large in scope. Obviously, this is going to take a very long time. There is a lot of fuel in these piles, which means that it takes a long time to extinguish. – Have you been involved in a similar fire before? – It has become a lot different, but I have never been involved in fires in tire piles in particular before. The extinguishing work at the fire site on Skjerkøya will continue throughout the weekend. Photo: Fredrik Pedersen / NRKS The extinguishing work on the fire site on Skjerkøya will continue throughout the weekend. Photo: Fredrik Pedersen / news Discussed the need for monitoring The state administrator in Vestfold and Telemark has given Ragn-Sells permission to, among other things, receive and temporarily store 50,000 tonnes of tires and tire scraps and up to 75 tonnes of hazardous waste. In addition, they have a treatment facility for scrap cars. Grethe Helgås at the State Administrator. Photo: Gry Eirin Skjelbred / news – We received a notice from the company on Tuesday evening that there was a fire, and we received a briefing on the situation, says Grethe Helgås, director of the environmental department at the State Administrator in Vestfold and Telemark. Together with the Norwegian Coastal Administration, they had a meeting with the business on Wednesday about handling the situation. – We discussed, among other things, the need for monitoring, water sampling and measures to limit pollution, says Helgås. This is Ragn-Sells Ragn-Sells is an environmental and recycling company established in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Estonia. The core business is the transport, sorting and processing of waste from business and the private sector. From this waste, secondary raw materials such as paper, plastic and metals are produced for the world market. Ragn-Sells on Skjerkøya accepts scrap cars and stores large quantities of used tyres. So it is the latter category that has caught fire, and led to the big fire in Bamble. Source: Ragn-Sells Hello, Thank you for reading. Do you have tips or input for this matter or other things we should write about? Feel free to send me an email! Published 23.11.2024, at 11.08
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