In the Parish was the civil defense and the helicopter is called upon to stop the wildfire Saturday. Sunday morning flared it up again.
Skogbrannen in the Parish which led to the caution alert has flared up again. It says Terje Birkeland at the Alarm to see.
We have sent up the crew from Høyanger. It is not open flame, but it is like a big glohaug, and the wind and to the ceiling, ” says Birkeland.
the Guards who checked on site through the night, should have had control of the fire, and the plan was to send them home in the 11-time.
A helicopter stood in readiness on Sunday morning, but was sent in return before the fire flared up again.
– Østavind creates dry
14 days without rain and many days with powerful østavind has created a rather unusual situation on the west coast. In the middle of one of the year’s wettest months, statistically speaking, sending the Norwegian Meteorological institute out the caution notice from the county of Hordaland to the county. Until it comes precipitation of importance is the local large grass – and lyngbrannfare.
– Østavind creates fast dry west of the divide. On the ground is a lot of dry leaves. It should not take a lot to ignite fires, ” says the on-duty meteorologist Nina Larsgård.
Skogbrannen in the Parish on the afternoon of Saturday, triggered the note-alert.
We tend to support us to a skogbrannindeks, but this fails completely to capture dry weather in combination with low temperatures. When we saw what happened in the Parish, we decided to send out this warning, ” says Larsgård.
Fire in the Parish
the Fire in the Parish was notified police just before the clock 15 Saturday afternoon. In Lavikdalen, a small mile to the north of Lavik by the Sognefjord, was the occurred forest fires. Basically burned 7-8 acres.
Crews from the Høyanger and Hyllestad was inserted in the slukkingsarbeidet. Strong winds created difficulties.
– Fortunately the wind was the right direction, away from buildings and people, said operator Frode Owned by the 110 to the pbx.
Crawling to the mountains
the Fire popped in place up the mountainside, slowly spread out and eventually became a lyngbrann. The fire crew approached the flames with a whip, but did not control.
the civil defense was asked to assist and a slukkingshelikopter was sent south from Trondheim.
At the most fought about 30 crews against skogbrannen.
the Helicopter arrived in the 18-to-time, but was never set to go out. Then had bakkemannskapet gained control of the flames. Beyond the night should the fire guard brannområdet from the three sentries.
the duty officer of 110-center to be able to Saturday evening does not say anything about how the fire had occurred.
January 2014
Although fire weather in October is not hverdagskost, it is not entirely unusual with drought and fire hazard in the winter.
In January 2014 the raging post-war largest lyngbrann on Flatanger in the county of Trøndelag after a long period of drought and østavind.
And 18. January of the same year came brannkatastrofen in Lærdal. Also when was it powerful østavind.
Meteorological department said Saturday that they would take a re-assessment of note-the alert in the day. On Sunday, it is clear that the notice will stand and the week ahead may seem tinder dry with the exception of a few millimetres on Monday night. Meteorologist Larsgård think the risk of fire can be over in just a few days. On Monday evening it will count, in each case, in the county of Hordaland.
Superhøytrykket back
Storm-meteorologist Mariann Aabrekk think skogbrannfaren can last a long time.
” We get a little bit of rainfall Monday, Tuesday and maybe Wednesday, but it is still østavind and then it is hardly much of the rain.
the Rainfall due to the fact that the solid høytrykket has moved eastward. Then pluck lows closer.
From Wednesday the amplifier superhøytrykket himself again and sank westward again. It means even more days with sunshine and østavind.
– Is there no end to finværet?
There are it enough, but as it now looks will finværet characterize large parts of next week and into next weekend, ” says Aabrekk.
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