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[QUOTE][B]Scores of people have been evacuated from a heritage village in southern Norway as a raging fire threatens its unique wooden buildings.[/B]
Flames spread rapidly after the fire began overnight in a house in Laerdalsoyri, a village of 1,150 people in Laerdal, on Sognefjord fjord.
At least 90 people received hospital treatment but no deaths were reported.
Flames have burnt at least 30 buildings, fanned by strong winds, Norwegian broadcaster NRK reports.[/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25799491[/URL]
To summarise, the village caught fire sometime last night, and now it's spreading. At one point I think it spread into a forest too, but maybe they have that under control now. National Guard and Army in general have been assisting too, so there's that!
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What a shame. What's the weather like there at the moment?
Right now it seems to have calm winds and around 0 degrees celsius, expected to remain that way too. Can be seen here, for the record:
[url]http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/L%C3%A6rdal/L%C3%A6rdals%C3%B8yri/[/url]
that's insane. a little surprised that it managed to spread so much this time of the year though?
Not sure what happened, guessing we'll know after the fire has been put out completely
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