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Request for help
A Facebook group that unites Lithuanians in Norway also asked for help to find a Lithuanian who had disappeared at the scene of the tragedy.
The woman left the house to give the dog instructions and did not return, did not answer calls, her phone was off.
Spokesperson Vytautė Šmaižytė, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday evening that she was anxiously following all the news about this disaster. So far, no information has been received about the Lithuanian victims.
“We are anxiously following the news from Norway, where a large landslide near Oslo in the town of Asko (Gjerdrum district) has eroded residential houses and other buildings. We have no knowledge about the compatriots who have suffered, we follow the information about the disappeared. According to local police, there is hope that they are gone, “he wrote on Facebook.
One of the largest landslides
As the landslide slid down, at the place of the road that passed through the town there was a deep shaft through which cars could not pass. The released footage saw dramatic footage of a house sliding into an open well.
The published photos show that at least eight houses have been demolished.
Police spokesman Roger Pettersen told Norwegian media that there were no reports of missing persons, but authorities cannot rule out the presence of people in the collapsed house during the disaster. According to him, there is currently no data on the whereabouts of 21 people registered in the area.
“Those 21 people may have been evacuated, but these people may still be in the disaster area,” Pettersen told the NTB news agency.
One of the injured sustained serious injuries, the other nine were easily injured. During the disaster, weather conditions in the area were harsh, snowy and cold.
About 5,000 people live in Aske. people.
“It is painful to see how the forces of nature have destroyed Jerdrum. My thoughts are with all those affected by this landslide. Now it is important that the rescue services do their job,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg wrote on Twitter.
In another statement, the prime minister noted that “this is probably one of the largest landslides in Norway, with the most serious consequences.”
In the area where Asc is found, there are abundant stocks of floating clay, which under certain conditions can convert from a solid material to a semi-liquid mass.
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