Operations leader for fire at the site, Frode Skogstad Lyngvær, says that right now they are positive. – It looks like we are starting to get control of most of the fire. Anne Birgitte Arraf at the police operations center told news at 19:55 that they hoped to stop the fire before it reached homes. Task leader Lyngvær believes that they have succeeded, with a bit of luck. The fire service believes they are beginning to gain control of the largest part of the fire. Photo: Lars Petter Berdahl / Fosen fire and rescue – Fortunately, the wind worked for us, so it went past the buildings and on the upper side. So we had a bit of luck there, to put it bluntly. Extinguishing work is ongoing. One of the most challenging things has been that the wind has contributed to rapid spread. The fire service stated earlier this evening that both the dry area and high winds made the fire challenging to extinguish. The Swedish Civil Defense and the Red Cross are assisting Both the Swedish Civil Defense and the Red Cross have been dispatched to assist in the fire. This is what it looked like when the fire approached buildings earlier this evening. Photo: Ingrid Lindgaard Stranden – We assist the fire brigade with crews and equipment in connection with extinguishing the fire. The fire brigade was early to ask for help. We help with what we have, says Gjertrud Berglund, emergency guard for the Civil Defense in Sør-Trøndelag, and adds: – It’s Saturday night and Christmas party time, and it’s not so easy to get people out. But we provide 12 people on site, two fire pumps and other extinguishing equipment. The cause of the fire is not known. The 110 switchboard received the first call about the fire at 3.10pm on Saturday. Both the fire service, the Civil Defense and locals are involved in the extinguishing work. Photo: Ståle Eian The fire is approaching settlement, and several houses have been evacuated. Photo: Albert Larsen The residents who have been evacuated have been asked to go to the municipal hall in Åfjord municipality. Photo: Hege Terning The fire was reported at 3.15pm on Saturday afternoon Photo: Tipser Many volunteers also contribute to the extinguishing work. One of these is Ståle Eian. Ståle Eian contributes as a volunteer in the extinguishing work. Photo: Ståle Eian – I live in the housing estate right next to where it started. We saw the smoke rising from behind the mountain behind the house, so I got dressed and went up to look. I have helped to move and stretch fire hoses, he says. Evacuees – It’s a bit scary, it is, says Steinar Kristian Eian. He is one of the 27 people who had to leave their home after the evacuation. – When you hear that you are being evacuated, it is a bit more serious nonetheless. Now they took the power in the fields, so the upper part of the field is blacked out, he told news while the evacuation was underway. He says they have been told to stand at the town hall in Roan. Hege Terning and Ida Lindbak have also been evacuated. Hege Terning is one of the evacuees. Photo: Hege Terning – I live in Myrliveien and the fire is so close now that we who live in Myra, as we call it, had to leave. We got the message now that we didn’t have many minutes to go. I think everyone has left. I saw the smoke because it lights up here, says Terning. The municipality monitors the situation and cooperates with the fire and rescue agencies. It is now on the municipality’s website. Councilor in Åfjord municipality, Per Johansen, says that most of the 27 evacuees have found accommodation on their own. – Some are also offered accommodation at the Julie Næss yard, he adds. Among other things, the municipality runs a nursing home here and the municipality has shipped mattresses there. Out of control – There are 15 homes being evacuated in Myrliveien at Hongsand in Roan in Trøndelag, emergency manager Frode Skogstad Lyngvær told news earlier this evening. The evacuation was later extended. A total of 30 houses have been evacuated, says councilor in Åfjord municipality, Per Johansen. Photo: Albert Larsen Response leader Lyngvær says the closest fire was 50 to 100 meters from the building – The fire spreads very quickly because of the wind, he said earlier. It then burned in a large area of between five and ten meters on the mountain and valley side. Former mayor Albert Larsen tells how he perceived that the fire started. – It started this afternoon after we had eaten dinner. Then I was out for a walk in the courtyard and I thought it was so strange – it was true that rain had been announced at YR, but the raindrops that came were so strange. Then I looked more closely at them and then there was smoke, he says and continues. – It is quite steep where it started. And then it has spread downwards towards buildings. And an area with a number of cabins is probably where it is most exposed right now, says Albert Larsen. Danger of the fire spreading – The fire spreads quickly in terms of wind direction and wind speed, said Jostein Tangen, fire chief at the 110 – central in central Norway on Saturday afternoon. Jostein Tangen said that it had been dry in the terrain for a long time. It is an area of heather, scrub and forest that is now burning. It is dry and there is a high risk of forest fires throughout Trøndelag. – People should be careful when using open flames, says the fire chief. The cause of the forest fire which is currently underway is not known. There is a fire in a mountain area in Roan in Åfjord. Photo: Tips Forest fire helicopter not coming A forest fire helicopter has been on standby at Værnes. It has been requested and requested from the 110 central in central Norway. But there are no conditions for deploying a forest fire helicopter now. This is what rescue manager Oddgeir Andersen at the main rescue center in southern Norway says to news. – It is not weather and light conditions. Forest fire helicopters do not operate in the dark and need daylight, says Andersen.
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The fire was close to buildings – news Trøndelag
