Parts of the facade of an eight-story building in Uddevalla collapsed during storm Dave on Easter Sunday around 3 PM, according to officials. At the same time, parts of the facade cladding on Kunstsilo were torn off by strong wind gusts during the storm, multiple reports indicate. New wind records were set at Lista and Lindesnes during storm Dave, with gusts measured at 40.9 m/s at Lindesnes lighthouse, according to major media reports.
According to SVT Väst, Thea Larsson described running around her apartment thinking the windows had exploded when the facade collapsed. Thea Larsson, 83, was at home watching TV when parts of the facade collapsed, and she thought the windows exploded. She has lived in the building since 1965 and has never experienced anything like this, even during storm Gudrun, officials said.
I ran around in the apartment and thought the windows exploded.
Kunstsilo reopened on Tuesday after being closed for two days, Aftonbladet reports. The area has been cleared and secured, according to the same source.
Kunstsilo is in dialogue with the contractor to find out how the wall could peel off like it did, Aftonbladet reports. The company Backe is the contractor for Kunstsilo, multiple reports confirm. It is too early to speculate on the cause of the plates coming loose, according to major media, and they are waiting for a report from the subcontractor.
Strong storms have occurred but nothing like this has ever happened. I was really scared.
According to major media, the contractor is very surprised this could happen and does not know more yet, so they cannot speculate on causes at all. There is a whole value chain of expertise on both planning and execution to ensure these things are done correctly, so they question how this could happen. The contractor has no reason to believe there is anything special about this facade, and it has never been about innovative, new solutions.
The building cost over 710 million kroner and has won several prestigious awards, multiple reports indicate.
It is not known when or if there will be a new inspection on site, Aftonbladet reports. At most, around 11,000 subscribers in Agder were without power, according to major media.