emergency Services responded at 16.24 out to the onshore facility for Ormen Lange at Nyhamna in Aukra municipality after notification of a gas leak. Four people were exposed to the gas and were checked by health care on-site. A person was sent to hospital.
Innsatsleder to the police on their way to Nyhamna.
Photo: Roar Power / NRK
– They do not believe that there are several people inside that building. They are now working to find out what kind of gas it is to talk about. Then the plan is to go through the building, lit Rolf Korstad in the police 17 times.
Evacuated the facility because of short circuit
Before at 17 was located were evacuated. All employees were then asked to leave the facility.
– It is a standard procedure that we empty the plant for anyone who does not need to be there at an event, informs Kitty Eide, who is head of communication at Shell.
She says that they have had a short circuit in a strømfordelingsstasjon. It also did that the plant was blacked out which was also one of the reason why they chose to evacuate, and the export of gas from Nyhamna was stopped.
Røykdykkere worked together with industry protection
Firefighters responded from several stations.
Photo: Gunnar Sandvik / NRK
the Fire department responded with crews from both Aukra and Molde, and has around twenty men on site.
” We’ve gone into with røykdykkere to check the leak together with the people from the facility, says Stian Jørgensen at 110 centre at 17.15.
They are now working to find out what gas it is to talk about.
– do Not naturgasslekkasje
Just before at 18 notify the Shell that they have not had a leak of natural gas.
– This is about a failure on a strømfordelingsstasjon. The leak that has been talking about small amounts of gas as is standard in this type of electrical equipment. So it is not to talk about some naturgasslekkasje from Nyhamna, ” says Kitty Owned in the Shell.
Innsatsleder in the police Leif Olav Brevik and a leader in the fire department Frode Myhre says that it was not toxic gas that was triggered when a fuse broke inside trafostasjonen, but a gas which displaces air and provides discomfort.
Photo: Gunnar Sandvik / NRK
The four people who were inside the plant when they were exposed to the gas will now be followed up by the company.
We are now working with to acquire a technical overview of the situation and what is required to correct the defect that arose, ” says Eide.
control the site
Innsatsleder in the police, the Leiv Olav Brevik, says to NRK at 18.45 that they now have control of the place, and that the plant is now trying to normalize the situation.
– We will try to put in the time production again as soon as possible, ” says Mr. in the Shell.
gas leak at the Ormen Lange plant in Aukra
See direkterapporten about the gas leak
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