LATEST: The search will end. No people are reported missing.
– There are no findings of people, according to police.
After the avalanche came reports that up to four people could be taken off the slide. A larger search party were implemented.
It happened exploration crews in the area in connection with avalanche training.
– We were therefore very quickly into the area with slides group, Red Cross, Norwegian rescue dogs and air ambulance on site, confirming Kolltveit.
Crawled
According Kolltveit was slide about 25 meters wide, and a maximum of one and a half meters deep.
the time in 1546 the police were in contact with people who were in the area where the avalanche went.
– They said no one was taken by the landslide, said Operations Officer.
the landslide occurred on the back of Kari Traa-cover, outside the slopes.
– We have no confirmed missing, says Cecilie Øversveen, duty rescue leader at JRCC Southern Norway.
Was the avalanche exercise
police were alerted in time 1508 .
Four dog carriages from Norwegian rescue dogs were also sent to the avalanche area.
Voss firefighters were on site. Rescue Group from Fana fire brigade was on its way, but returned after reports that it was enough crews in the area.
Red Cross avalanche groups gathered in Myrkdalen this weekend. Therefore they came instantly to landslide. ambulance is also summoned. ( Photo: GISLE KLEPPE, RED CROSS )
Avalanche Experts gathered
Gisle Kleppe, area manager of the Red Cross, says that 25 people from avalanches groups in the country are gathered in Myrkdalen for the weekend.
– the best expertise in the country on avalanches were in the search , Kleppe says.
the Red Cross also had dog carriages up in the avalanche.
– We had plenty of equipment and resources in place and stood ready to call in more troops by needs, says Kleppe for BA.
in addition to crews from the Red Cross worked other volunteers in the landslide.
– Large Botn is a famous freeride area, said area manager of the Red Cross.
landslide in Myrkdalen went according to Christopher Stene, who was in the cover, on the back of Kari Traa-haul, Greater Botn.
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