The danger of forest fires is not over

Emergency services are still working with fighting the fire at the forest fire that raged in Tjällmo outside Motala a few days ago.

"We will be ten people who work in the night and control the fire so that it does not flare up," says Daniel Agerhult, internal command at the Emergency services Eastern Götaland.

but exactly how large the area is burning right now is difficult to determine. A certain amount of rain has fallen in the area, but not enough to make any significant difference, " says Daniel Agerhult.

a Total of alerted the fire department around the country on 38 cases of fire in the terrain during the tisdagsdygnet.

April was a very burnt month. 1 658 fires in the terrain were reported, against 612 pieces during the same month of last year.

continue to be substantial. A few drops of rain have come, but there is still the risk of forest fires in the soil in southern Sweden is high, " says Lovisa Andersson, duty meteorologist at SMHI.

– It is still dry in the air and in the ground in many places, " she says.

During the day, a rainstorm passed down over the country, which can make the risk is reduced. But it will vary a lot locally, " she says.

is eldningsförbud. Kronoberg county administrative board, Blekinge county council, Östergötland county council and Jönköping county administrative board has decided on eldningsförbud.

Several municipalities in Skåne have taken the same decision and in Skåne are also discouraged from lighting fires outdoors. Also, the county administrative boards in Stockholm, Uppsala, Värmland and Örebro advises against burning outdoors.

Gräsbrandsrisken has slowed somewhat as the new, green grass has grown up. Parts of Götaland and Svealand, however, is still a high risk of grass fires.