It was at 10.18 that the fire service received a report that there was a fire in a paper warehouse at the paper factory just outside the center of Trondheim. Visible flames rose from the pile of paper and the fire service has since then worked to put it out. The work can take a long time. – The smoke goes straight up, so there is no need to evacuate anyone in the area. The convenience store has closed, said Håvard Høyem, operations manager in the police to news. At 20.00 the extinguishing work is still in progress. Ivar Stentvedt, brigade leader in the Trøndelag fire and rescue service, says it takes time to extinguish the fire, because the paper was tightly packed. – It will be roughly like a log, and the water will not penetrate. That’s why we need equipment to open the bales, says Stentvedt about the bundles of paper. There must be no risk of spreading. Created fire escape Papirfabrikken’s own emergency services used wheel loaders to create a fire escape and isolate the fire. – It has been crucial to avoid spreading further south and towards the hall where there is more paper, says site manager Marie Fossen Bredeli. Because of the fire escape, there is no danger of the fire spreading further. The compressed paper makes extinguishing difficult. – Eventually you will take down bundles by bundles, so that you can drag the paper out onto the asphalt and put it out well enough, says Fossen Bredeli. In 2013 there was also a big fire in the paper factory, which lasted for days. The Norwegian Civil Defense will help the Norwegian Civil Defense assist the fire service with extinguishing. This is done because it is expected that the extinguishing will take a long time and the firemen will eventually need relief. No injuries have been reported in connection with the fire. There is still some smoke, but it is not dangerous to stay in the area, says brigade leader Stentvedt. – There is little smoke. It’s paper that burns. The toxicity of the smoke there is not the whole world, says Stentvedt. A wheel loader drives paper away from the fire. Photo: Morten Karlsen / news
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Fire at the paper factory at Ranheim in Trondheim – news Trøndelag
