Three presumed dead in the landslide – Daily

By Joe Henry Tveten

the Search for the three missing did not until Friday and was finished for the evening by 17-time.

– Opportunities to find someone is small when it gets dark. Therefore, we will continue the search Saturday morning, informs the chief of staff His Holmgrunn in the East standings.

communications advisor Tonje Taylor in politidistriktet says to NTB that, among other things, is sought with dogs in areas that are trusted by geologists.

– What is sought in areas based on where the missing were last observed, ” says Taylor, who adds that it has been difficult conditions to search for both the crew and the dogs.

– It is found a glove and a chainsaw that police believe may be related to the people who were involved in the landslide, ” says kommunikasjonsrådgiveren.

– Tragic event

Counselor at the Lithuanian embassy, Valdas Steponavicius, says to Romerikes Blad that it is a tragic event that has hit the three Lithuanian citizens.

– Kin is notified and they take, of course, the message is heavy, ” says Steponavicius.

In all, six workers from Lithuania worked with the forestry when the slide went. The three of them got away, while three men on, respectively, 43, 27 and 47 years is believed to have died.

The six worked for the landowner, says innsatsleder Ketil Lund to the Newspaper.

– The set and had a røykepause. The clock was a quarter to four, and they sat and had a break and should give up. The working day was over, tells the landowner His-Ove Kirkeby to the VG.

He tells us that the landslide had not anything with skogsarbeidet to do.

– They thinned the forest. They were doing forestry and was in the wrong place when jordmassene came. It was bad luck, ” he says.

Overloaded

the Landslide was at least 400 metres wide and almost 300 metres long. NVE, which now assist the municipality with advice, says that it was a kvikkleireskred.

– Avalanche consists of floating blue clay and situated below the marine limit. On the Interpretation, it is surveyed the many and great instances of through quick clay, and it has previously gone several kvikkleireskred in the area, called it in a press release.

Norway’s geographical undersøkelsers map (NGU) shows that the skredområdet is exposed for just leirskred and defined as hazard class 3 on a scale from 0 to 5.

– A bad day

Mayor Marianne Grimstad Hansen (H) in Sørum visited rasstedet in the morning. She is strongly characterized by the rasulykken.

– It is a painful day for the community of Sørum, she says to Dagbladet.

Police state that we have initiated investigation of the case, but it is too early to say whether there have been any offences.

– the Landslide happened in the skogområdet where grounding should be expanded, ” says the mayor of the Norwegian broadcasting corporation.

When the municipality approved the expansion, beating the firm that it was not the danger of avalanches. (NTB)