Tore Myrestrand driven truck for 20 years and has participated in a number of safety courses. It is probably from there he has taken the experience that made he acted as he did. Now he gets praise of the police and of the other emergency services who came out to explosion fire in Skate Straum tunnel in Bremanger earlier today, Wednesday.
– He has done a very, very good job and have probably a big part of honor that no human has gone lost, said Johhny Breivik, fire chief in Bergen Dagsrevyen 21 Wednesday evening.
He thinks it sounds like Myrestrand have done all that can be expected.
– Early warning and to prevent people from entering the tunnel is essential in such situations. He has acted rationally in a chaotic and stressful situation, says Breivik to bt.no.
It appeared early support messages to the driver in social media.
“Tanker driver in Bremanger kept his cool in a hugely critical situation. Hero who has saved many lives, “writes Jossi Vinjerui on Twitter.
Draget smoke
Just before 10.30 Wednesday was Tore Myrestrand heading through Skate Straum tunnel in Bremanger, in direction Rugsundo. He ran a gasoline tanker, which had 16,500 liters of gasoline in the trailer.
He was on his way up from the deepest portion when the trailer was withdrawn. Drawbar smoke across.
– The brakes on the trailer to turn in when this happens, but it went so fast that the trailer went on the rock face, says Myrestrand to BT.
Myrestrand jumped out of car and saw that it began to leak fuel from the tank.
– I tore myself emergency to notify. NPRA blocked tunnel with lights.
The local fire department was notified of Myrestrand clock 10:27.
Exploded while he rang
While Myrestrand talked on the phone, he heard the first explosion.
– The smoke rolled toward me. Since I was far down the tunnel I jumped in the car to get out instead of walking on foot.
He says he got stopped one car that came to him when he was on the rise .
– I shouted at him that he had to turn around and get out. I said he had to block the road so no one drove into the tunnel. When I came out of the tunnel, he had set his car across the tunnel so that no one else came in.
– Important routines
Myrestrand has worked as a truck driver for 20 years. He says that he attend safety courses all the time.
– Procedures in situations like this is something that is instilled in us who are doing this. I feel that I acted in line with procedures today. When these things happen it shows how important it is that we remember what we have learned of the notification procedures.
A little shaky
He says he is doing well under the circumstances.
– For I am a little shaky, and it’s scary to think what could have happened.
Myrestrand says he got away before the smoke took him again.
He was still in place when BT spoke to him just before 13:30. He has spoken with police, fire and health.
– What I thought most about when it was going on was whether there were any people near the other side of the car. I controlled my side of the tunnel, but I did not confirmed until later that it was going well on the other side of the tunnel as well, he said.
– Highly experienced and skilled
Myrestrand driving fuel for Mørebunkers AS. Manager of the company, Bent Hammer Deceit, was notified of the accident from Myrestrand itself.
– He is a very experienced and skilled driver, who has driven truck for many years, says Hammer Deceit.
Hammer Deceit says that they will now follow their procedures and cooperate with the involerte.
An image from Mørebunkers shows that the drawbar of the trailer is broken, so that it remains stuck on the truck itself. According to experts, this is very unusual. According to VG was tanker EU approved last year and until the Notified spring.
– There are broken across. This is stuff that should not happen, says technical adviser Rune Damm in Norway Truck Owners Federation VG.
Researcher Torkel Bjørnskau the Institute of Transport Economics (TOI) has called the incident “very unusual and surprising”, while he takes Subject to the details of the accident are not known.
Researchers wonder if it might be about a production error.
– Large tankers with dangerous goods are known to have the best security , therefore it is particularly strange, he said.
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