Sunday, February 7, 2016

Three children taken by avalanches in Hammerfest – bruised – VG

Three young boys were picked out of the snow after it went a landslide in a play area behind an apartment building in Hammerfest.

The three kids on 7, 10 and 13 years were out and observe it exceeded came down the mountain at an apartment building in central Hammerfest. According to the newspaper iFinnmark was exceeded 70 times 70 meters wide.

Red Cross ambulance helicopters and other emergency services who managed to place. They got the message exceeded 16.07.

– All three were awake when they were found, said operations manager Kai Ruben hewn, operations manager in Finnmark Police District, said.



All three bruised

police informed initially that two of the children were critically injured. This disproves Finnmark Hospital. Communication Manager Ivar Greiner told VG that all three children are bruised.

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– Hammerfest has received three kids, and each is bruised and will be further examined at the hospital, he says to VG.

– Many cubic

Christian Østnes leader Red Cross exploration crews engaged in searching through the snow. He is on the spot and describes the situation as “under control.”



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BREACH THE EDGE: The landslide has gone below the fence, behind an apartment building in Hammerfest . Although it has broken relatively low in mountain side, slid many cubic meters of snow down against guys who were out and observe.

Photo: ILIANA VAZQUEZ FREDDIE LARSEN

– the landslide was not very big, but there were many cubic meters, he says to VG.

Operations hight told VG that there is nothing to indicate that several were taken of the landslide.

– According to witnesses in the area should not have been more in the area, he said.

18.30 o’clock Sunday night was rough search ended. Coarse is usually done with a search depth of two meters. It is not common to find people alive deeper than this. It is now organized pinpointing the location where the looking at the snow surface of the landslide.



– If conscious when they were taken out

According to operation manager was the three boys out alone, and observe toboggan.

– it is unclear who they dug up, but I understood it so that it was difficult at first. All three should have been conscious when they were taken out, he said.

– Has it been landslides in the area before?

– I do not known previous landslide there, but it’s pretty hilly terrain, says hewn.

JRCC informs that they have a rescue helicopter standing on standby at Hammerfest Airport. Norwegian Rescue Dogs also sent avalanche dogs to the area.

The landslide has gone on the back of the apartment block urban residence, a popular play area, writes iFinnmark.



Fearing new avalanche

People in the area are asked to stay away from the avalanche site because it feared new landslides. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate is notified of the situation and avalanche experts will assess Monday.

– They have, after the incident had englevakt tonight, writes Finnmark Police on Twitter.

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