Multiple police cars and emergency services were dispatched to the area around Den Nationale Scene in central Bergen after a hotel reported a gas smell from a room. One person is being cared for by healthcare personnel in Bergen. Police have control of the scene in Bergen, and Bergens Tidende reported earlier that police had equipped themselves with shields.
In Trondheim, the fire department was dispatched on Wednesday afternoon to a suspicious smell in a building on the east side. Circumstances in the building in Trondheim make it difficult to say what is happening yet. Operations manager Martin Eriksen Skjerve in Trøndelag police district states that they are also sending a patrol to the scene in Trondheim.
At 09:37, the 110 center received a report of smoke development from an apartment complex on Charlottenlund after someone observed smoke from a basement. The situation appears undramatic in Charlottenlund. In the Eskilstuna area, SOS was alerted on Easter Saturday evening about a smoke smell in an apartment building in Nyfors, which turned out to be a case of something burning dry.
Separately, the rescue service was alerted to Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna on Saturday at 19:22 regarding a smoke smell, but it turned out to be a leak. In Oslo, emergency services have been dispatched after reports of smoke development in Smalgangen on Grønland. Several people have inhaled smoke according to police in Oslo.
Police report that they are working to get an overview of the situation in Oslo. It is not clear if there has been a fire in Oslo; initial reports indicate smoke came from an electrical cabinet. Additional smoke smell reports emerged in Sweden.
On Saturday afternoon, the rescue service is dispatched to an address in Skönsberg. SOS has received calls about a smoke smell in a villa north of Arkelstorp, and rescue service is on the way. The incidents highlight ongoing emergency responses to potential hazards in urban areas.