A barn burned down in Charlottenberg, Eda municipality, on Tuesday, resulting in a fatality. Police found a person dead in connection with the fire and have initiated a routine preliminary investigation into arson. The rescue service focused on preventing spread to nearby buildings and let the barn burn down, according to Räddningstjänsten. The barn was completely engulfed in flames and spread to nearby terrain and a tractor, multiple reports indicate.
Identification of the deceased in Eda is not confirmed, but police have information indicating who it might be. Relatives of the deceased have been informed about the circumstances. There is no suspect for the Eda fire, police said.
In a separate incident in Levanger, a man is missing and presumed dead after a fire on a farm, police said. One person was injured in the Levanger fire, with burn injuries, and was transported to St. Olavs Hospital by air ambulance, according to operations leader Martin Skjerve. The barn in Levanger was completely burned down, multiple reports indicate. Relatives have been notified about the Levanger fire.
Police received a report of the Levanger fire at 11:39 from a neighbor who called the 110 center, which alerted police and health services, according to the operations leader. Around 12:00, responders reported the barn was fully engulfed in flames, with nothing to save, so it was left to burn down. The fire service reported control over the Levanger fire at 14:23, with no danger to nearby buildings. Police were still working at the scene at 16:55, the police operations center said.
Conflicting reports exist about the Levanger fire. One report describes heavy smoke development in a barn, with no animals or people inside, but risk of spread to nearby houses, according to operations leader Viola Elvrum. Another states three people on site started extinguishing the fire themselves with a water hose before the fire service arrived. The fire service arrived at 13:45 and started extinguishing, with seven meters between the barn and house, raising concerns about timely control, according to Stig Lunde at the 110 center. It is unclear whether these reports refer to the same incident or different ones in Levanger.
Additional barn fires occurred in Uppsala and Hokksund. There is a fire in a small barn outside Fyrislund east of Uppsala, with open flames, but it is unclear what type of building it is, according to lead operator Marie Nordahl. It is unclear what was in the building, who alerted, or who owns the burning building in Uppsala, multiple reports indicate. By 17:50, the rescue service reported limiting the spread risk and will let the building burn to the ground, with police also dispatched. In Hokksund, emergency services responded to a barn in full blaze, with the owner not home and risk of spread to another garage, police said. There is also risk of spread to nearby homes, with fire already spread to the garage and a hedge, and police advise residents to close doors and windows due to smoke.
A massive wildfire in central Norway has destroyed most of two small villages, according to research. Strong winds spread the fire over a 6-square-mile (15-square-kilometer) area on Tuesday. The fire destroyed around 90 buildings, including homes and holiday cabins. Firefighters are struggling to control the blaze, research indicates.
Strong winds prevented helicopters from the fire service and civil defense forces from tackling the blaze in central Norway, research shows. Officials say the fire probably began from sparks from power lines. There were no reports of any injuries from the central Norway fire.
In unrelated news, gym chain Sats admits that member information leaked in a hacker attack on March 24, with unauthorized access to documents containing names and sometimes contact details, the company said. For a limited group of members, the documents contain additional personal information, and employee data was also affected, with affected individuals to be informed. Sats states that the member system, including card details, passwords, and images, was not affected, and no action is needed from customers.
A 27-year-old man, part of a violent criminal network based in Sweden, was arrested at an airport near Tanger after hiding for about a year, multiple reports indicate. The charges involve serious drug offenses and smuggling of amphetamine and cannabis, and the suspect will be requested for extradition to Sweden. The arrest is part of good cooperation, according to Anders Wiberg, head of the international unit at Noa.
Moroccan authorities have heavily invested in combating drug crime in recent years, multiple reports indicate. Swedish police and other authorities continue working to bring home wanted criminals hiding abroad, according to Anders Wiberg.
Remains of animals were found at a rest area on E6, and police were alerted by a member of the public, with seven dead roe deer left in a ditch and a report filed for hunting offense, multiple reports indicate.
Donald Trump and the U.S. want to negotiate with Denmark for access to three additional military bases in Greenland, according to sources to the New York Times. If the U.S. succeeds, it would be the first American expansion in decades, as the U.S. currently has one military base in Greenland, multiple reports indicate.
The U.S., Greenlandic, or Danish foreign ministries have not commented on the reports about Greenland bases, multiple reports indicate.
In context, after a fire on New Year's Eve, a farm on Öland is being rebuilt, with the barn burned down and two other houses damaged, multiple reports indicate. Last week a fire ruined parts of a historical village in another part of Norway, research shows.
Minor fire incidents and ongoing responses include an alarm for the Erikstad Kils fire reaching SOS at 14:17, according to official sources. According to the rescue service, there are open flames from the barn in Erikstad Kils. A police patrol has also gone out to assist the rescue service, official sources said. A barn begins to burn in Frännarp, Timmele. Two barns and an outbuilding were destroyed in a fire, multiple reports indicate. Fire service is conducting mop-up at Levanger, and criminal technical investigations will occur once the site cools, but not today due to heat, according to incident leader Per Henrik Bykvist. According to the fire service, there were no animals in the barn in Levanger. The cause of the Levanger fire is unknown and will be investigated later, according to the incident leader.