– There have been massive smoke in the tunnel, there are still a lot of smoke in there, but we have control of the situation, says Arne Rikstad at 110- exchange to Bergens Tidende.
It was at 9:27 the fire department was notified about the fire in the train tunnels in Reimegrend by Skiple. 10.30 notify the fire department that barnnen is extinguished, but it is unclear when the trains running again, according to BT.
– No people in the tunnel
It is insulating mats in the ceiling of the tunnel that must have started the fire, according to fire department.
According to the police shall neither be people or train inside the tunnel.
– It is possible fire in some insulation material. There should be no people or train in the tunnel, but a good amount of smoke, says Ole Ronny Olsen in Hordaland police district.
Bergensbanen closed
The railway is now closed between Voss and Myrdal.
The tunnel is 600 meters long and it is about 100 meters into the tunnel from Voss since the fire started, said fire department.
– We are working on getting extinguished the fire, but it should not be particularly dram dramatically, says Rikstad at 110 exchange.
Alternative transport
NSB is now working to find alternative transport for travelers.
– We have not gained complete overview of how many passengers waiting tranport, but we’re working on this now, says pressevakt NSB Regina Scholz.
National Rail says that it is very difficult to obtain extra buses.
– Preliminary transports we travelers with taxis in the area. Unfortunately, this affects also Flåmsbanen. In addition there is a regional Oslo affected by this. Now we are waiting for is feedback from brannvesnet before we can say anything more about when the tunnel will open.
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