7 hours agoGreat fires in Norway, hundreds of people move
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Hundreds of people have been forced to flee their homes in Norway because of the danger of fires that have erupted in the wild. Emergency teams are trying to extinguish forest fires that are raging in the southern part of the country. Residents of 148 homes have fled from them near the city of Sokdal, where fires [...]
Residents of 148 homes have fled from them near the city of Sokdal, where the fires started on Tuesday. Police have announced that the fires are still out of control and have warned that powerful winds may affect speeding up their spread.
April is praised as a very early period for presenting fires in Norway. Experts have warned that fires could spread to dramatic proportions across Europe's entire continent.
During this month alone, natural fires have erupted in Sweden, Germany, Norway, and Great Britain. A European Information System official on Fires at Forest said fires in Europe have surpassed the average scale for this period of year. This season is much worse than the previous years of this decade”, he said.
Police in the southwest part of Norway still do not know what caused the forest fire, which has so far burned an area of 7 square miles [7.5 sq km]. Currently, there are winds at speeds of 9 to 11 meters per second, and this weather is making the situation worse, writes “BBC”
