E16 is closed at Flåm after a rock slide at Fretheim in Aurland municipality at 00:56. – There is no indication that people or cars have been taken by the landslide, says operations manager Jørgen Ommedal in the West police district to news. He says the landslide came from a great height, crossed the road and went into the sea. The site is between the two tunnels Fretheimtunnelen and Onstadtunnelen, where there are no buildings. Heard the landslide The rock slide came from a great height and went far into the sea. Photo: private John Håland, who lives in Flåm, took a picture of the landslide. He says “it rumbled well”. After there was a small landslide in the area earlier on Friday, the road service’s people have been on the scene. A walkway blocked off. They are sure that no people or cars have been lost in the new, larger landslide, says the police operations manager. Took power lines with it The rock avalanche also took several power lines with it. This has led to a fire in the terrain and a lot of smoke. According to the police, the flames have now died out. The area is currently too insecure for the emergency services and road service personnel to move into the area. The police are constantly assessing whether nearby residential buildings need to be evacuated. The road notification center writes that there is a detour via highway 7 over Hardangervidda.
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