On Saturday, there was also a fire in a forest area of 12-15 meters between Røyseland and Narvestad in Kvinesdal. Fire crews from several units traveled to Kvinesdal to assist. Fire chief in the Southern Fire Service, Knut Berg Bentsen, told news at 6 p.m. that they had control of the fire from the south, east and west. – We hope to get control of the fire from the north during the evening, says Berg Bentsen. Just over two hours later, the fire chief can announce that they have control of the forest fire from all directions with the good help of ground crews, both the fire service, volunteers and private individuals. The fire brigade could not request helicopters to assist the extinguishing work due to heavy traffic. The fire in Kvinesdal has spread to an area of 12-15 metres, according to Knut Berg Bentsen, who is fire chief in the Southern Fire Service. Photo: Brannvesenet Sør Burned to the ground One of the cabins in the cabin field at Kjørrvatnet in Bjerkreim in Rogaland burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon. The fire service has worked diligently to prevent the grass fire from taking more of the cabins in the field. Late on Saturday afternoon, the police report that the fire brigade has good control of the grass fire. Evacuated cottagers The police had to evacuate both cottagers and permanent residents and cordoned off the area as the grass fire was not under control for a long time. The fire service had 35 fire constables in place to extinguish the fire on the ground. They received early help from a fire helicopter. But it wasn’t enough. – Helicopter number two is on its way to help us. We do not have control over the fire, said duty fire chief Tom Meyer in Rogaland fire and rescue, shortly afterwards. The police have cordoned off a large area in Bjerkreim. The fire is not under control. Photo: Heidi Karin Gilje Forest The fire started at Lauperaksvegen near Kjørrvatnet in Bjerkreim. There is a cabin field with 10 cabins from the 70s, news is informed. At 19:00 on Saturday afternoon, the police say that the cabin people in the evacuated cabins can go home. Crisis staff in Bjerkreim Bjerkreim municipality set up a crisis staff. The grass fire was the second major fire in the municipality on Saturday. – We are setting up emergency staff because of the complexity of the fires. We provide what we can contribute to the fire brigades and the police, says deputy mayor Tone Vaule. Ten calves and a cow died in a fire in a farm building in the municipality earlier in the day. There were 140 animals inside the barn when the fire started, but the fire brigade and volunteers managed to save most of them. – It is not unusual to set up emergency staff when two such big things happen, says Vaule. The municipality has contributed food and drink to the people from the emergency services, and has helped to keep the area with the grass fire closed to the public. – The fire started when someone burned garden waste or the like in an oil drum. These persons have been questioned. This is not at the cabin that burned down, says operations manager Helene Strand at the Sør-West police district. Three people have been appointed by health personnel. They should not be injured, but were encouraged to visit the emergency room if necessary. These are some of the places where vegetation is burning or has burned in southern Norway on Saturday afternoon. Got a grass fire under control in Seljord Fire Brigade and the police responded to a report of a grass fire in Heivegen in Seljord which got out of control. Among other things, there would be a risk of spreading to forests. The fire crews in Seljord have got the fire under control. Photo: Lorentz Berg / news The fire brigade with crews from two fire stations eventually gained control of the fire. – There is a small section of forest that the fire service is having a bit of trouble extinguishing, but otherwise they have control, and there is no risk of spreading, operations manager Øystein Eikedalen in the Southeast police district told NTB on Saturday. Wildfire got out of control On Saturday afternoon, a grass fire broke out in Sør-Odal in Innlandet, after a wildfire got out of control. It was very dry in the area, and there was a risk that the grass fire could spread to a nearby felling field. Grass fire at Dølisjøen in Sør-Odal. Photo: The police There is also a cottage field in the area, but according to the police there was no great danger of the fire spreading there. – The person who started the wildfire lost control, and then it has spread northwards at Dølisjøen. It is described as the size of a football pitch. It’s burning here and there, and it’s basically pretty dry there, said operations manager at the Innlandet police district, Atle Bernhoft von Obstfelder. The fire service brought the grass fire under control just after 2 p.m., but will be on site throughout the afternoon to monitor the fire area. Forest fire danger has been reported in several places in Innlandet over the weekend, and the police are asking people to be extra careful if they are going to burn logs.
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