Fire in Bollebygd under control – eftersläckning all night

"Fire in Bollebygd under control – eftersläckning all night"

"A major forest fire raged in the afternoon and evening at the Råssa in Bollebygd, Västra Götaland. "

"At the 21 time was the emergency control of the fire."

" It was very dramatic for a while. We were about to pack up and sneak away from the house. It was a meter-high flames, " says Patrik Karlsson, who lives in the area."

"Fire in the Råssa has been going on since the clock 16 in the afternoon. Nine units, 40 firefighters, are in place and have been released of the new units. At the 19-time the raging fire, over an area of two hectares. "

"Several smaller wildfires have been charged to the emergency services earlier during the easter weekend but this is the first of the larger kind. The fire raging between old and new highway 40. "

" the Fire is not under control. Right now we are adding resources on limiting the fire to the residential building, we have not taken any decision on the evacuation, said Joel Jacobson, internal command at the emergency services Southern Älvsborg, at the 18 time. "

"According to Trafikradion, there were traffic disruptions on highway 40 as motorists stop to shoot the fire"

" It was very dramatic for a while. We were about to pack up and sneak away from the house. It was a meter-high flames, " says Patrik Karlsson, who lives in the area."

"Just at his home, the fire has now calmed itself, the worse it is farther away."

"– It is a thick dark column of smoke. As the tour is is the wind is not in our direction but the other way is probably worse. It feels uncomfortable, it can go very fast, but it feels like that the emergency services have full track, you notice that they have done this before, " says Patrik Karlsson."

"At nine o'clock on Saturday night, was the fire under control and the fire brigade reduces the number of firefighters on-site. Staff will be on site throughout the night for eftersläckning. "

"– the Wind has fallen and now comes the dew here also, plus brandfronten has moved down to a bog, where the undergrowth is considerably more humid, " says internal command Joel Jacobsson to the TT. "

"No building or person has come to harm."

"In large parts of southern and central Sweden advise the emergency services from burning outdoors because of how dry it is in the grounds of some municipalities is eldningsförbud. The reason for the forest fire in Bollebygd is yet unclear. "