The fire service is on the Hurum Peninsula in Asker, where another forest fire has been reported on the Hurum Peninsula. The fire must be at Røsvennet, they write. Duty commander Tor Audunhus in the fire service says that they are now receiving assistance from the fire helicopter. – This is a fire that goes along the ground and fortunately not along the trees. The fire helicopter is on the scene and will soon start extinguishing to assist the crew, says Audunhus. The police helicopter has assisted the fire brigade in how the fire has developed. So far, the fire has a width of 150 m and is burning upwards, explains the watch commander. But the terrain has created challenges for the fire service. – The problem is that it is difficult to get out to the fire area with equipment. It has taken a long time before we are on site, says Audunhus. Both the police and the fire service are in place at Østmarkseteren where there is a major forest fire. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news – Extinguishing will last several days – We have located the forest fire. There is around 400 m² on fire and it is burning well, said duty commander Ola Klakegg in the fire service to news at 4.45pm. The fire spread to around 40 acres before the fire brigade got control. At 18.30 the police wrote that the fire service has control over what are described as fire fronts. But the work on the forest fire will continue for some time to come. – Work is ongoing with extinguishing and digging. The effort will continue throughout the night and probably throughout the day tomorrow, the police write. At 7 p.m., the police say that the fire is out, and that the fire service is now entering a post-extinguishing phase. The police are working to get hikers out of the area around the forest fire. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news Working to get tourists out The police also worked to prevent people from entering the area. The car park down towards Ulsrudvann and Østmarksetra was also closed. – There are a lot of people in the area who are being worked on getting out. Tourists coming in from Haraløkka will also be prevented from entering the field from there, the police wrote at 17:06. There should be no risk of spread to buildings, they write further. – Extinguishing work has started. Fire helicopters are on their way and drones are in the air. So far there has been no report of an inspection, said operations manager in the police, Marita Aune at 5.15pm. She also adds that no injuries were reported. Also in Drøbak, large forces from the fire service have turned up to tackle the flames. Photo: Trond Johnsen / news Forest fire out of control in Drøbak Also in Drøbak, the emergency services have responded to a forest fire. The fire which is near Hallangsveien in Frogn. – There is a large forest area that is burning with a possible danger of spreading southwards. There is no danger of construction so far, the police write. At 7 p.m., duty manager in Øst-110, Roger Andersen, says that they currently have no control over the fire. – The forest is still burning. The last thing we updated is that it is burning for 60 by 60 metres. There are quite a lot of resources and cars out there. We don’t have control at the moment, Andersen says. The fire brigade in Drøbak say they hope to get the fire under control during Thursday evening.
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New forest fire in Greater Oslo – fire helicopter on the way – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
