Merkel calls the firemen, they hang up his phone.

Merkel called the Department for Fires in Berchen, but Andre Musvik, chief of service, thought it was a joke on one of the local radios, writes the Nordkurir newspaper.

To avoid becoming objects of humor, Musvik immediately stopped calling.

Later, the phone rang again, and a press office of the Chancellor responded, clarifying that he had earlier called Merkel.

However, Merkel called back the firemen and thanked them for their work.

She learned from the media that firefighters in Bergen, after being tested negatively for coronarys, decided to voluntarily enter quarantine.