Tightly basin led to hospital flood – Dagbladet.no

Tightly basin led to hospital flood – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): flooded hospital in Kristiansand seems to be under control .

– There was a manhole that was close, but now we have control on the water, says CIO, Sørklandet hospital Rune Nesdal Jonassen Dagbladet around 22.30 on Sunday evening.

Civil defense, fire and engineering system has worked feverishly to gain control of the flooding that has led to a halt in the receipt of intensive care and radiology patients at the hospital.

Terje Syvertsen, emergency manager Kristiansand region fire and rescue (KBR) told Dagbladet that a thirty people now working hard to remove the water as the last hours have flooded into the hospital.

-Ingeniørvesenet is here with excavators. There is a water that has overflowed on the upper side of the hospital. Now try grams machines to lead water away. We will continue to stay on for quite a few hours before we can say we have received cleared the water, but it goes in the right direction, said Syversen Dagbladet.