LEKA: “There must be 10-15 targets that have burned. Three people have been evacuated from a residential building south of Madsøya. The fire helicopter has just arrived on the scene”the police informs at 16.03.
Nord-Trøndelag civil defense district is now assisting the local fire service with extinguishing the grass fire at Leka.
– The Norwegian Civil Defense provides 12 people from the response department at Vikna and two people from the response department from Namsos. The departments have fire-fighting equipment, ATVs and a tent as a command post for the incident leader, says Geir Gansmo, emergency guard in Nord-Trøndelag civil defense district.
Got up – had to call fire helicopter
Just after the fire brigade had extinguished a grass fire on the north side of Leka earlier in the day, they received a report of a new grass and heather fire in the same municipality, this time further south-east, on Madsøya. Madsøya has a bridge connection with the main island of Leka.
“Emergency services on their way. No immediate danger of spread to buildings”the police said at 1:52 p.m.
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The mayor came across the grass fire at Leka
At 15.12 the police reported that the fire on Madsøya had started. A fire helicopter was sent from Værnes and the Civil Defense was asked to assist with crews to extinguish the fire.
Witness: – Just developed
Bjørn Sigurd Larsen lives at Borg på Leka, just opposite Madsøya.
– We look directly over the fire, approximately 400 meters as the crow flies from where we live. It started an hour ago and has only developed, Larsen told NA at 2.20pm.
At that point, he believed he saw emergency services arrive at the scene.
– There is some blinking now. But it’s not good to say, it smells good, says Larsen.
– Do you know if there are people in the area?
– No, I don’t know if there are people there now.
Residents evacuated
Linda Beate Ressem Johansen is on Madsøya.
– We are now waiting for a helicopter with a water bag, she said at 3.14pm.
She tells NA that those living in Tangan have now been evacuated and are safe.
– In the first instance, they have been evacuated in relation to the smoke, she says.
Ressem Johansen was also close to the fire that broke out on the north side of Leka earlier in the day:
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