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GJERDRUM (VG) Rescuers, nurses, police and geologists are within the area of the landslide. Work will continue throughout the day.
Police say USAR teams were dispatched to the avalanche area at Ask in Gjerdrum on Friday, along with dogs and a support apparatus.
– We are in the process of looking for the landslides, says task leader Roy Alkvist at the press conference.
The teams have entered the orange Styrofoam plates in the picture. The Armed Forces engineer battalion has helped with a paver that needed to be brought in and can bring crews to a house in the lower part of the slip area. Until now, the police have not used the paver because the ground conditions at the site are too bad.
In addition to the USAR crew from Norway and Sweden, nurses, geologists and police are participating in the operation, he says.
– This afternoon a work update will follow, concludes Nordberg.
Currently, the police have nothing to report on the findings in the area of the landslide.
– We have the opportunity to obtain air support to take out the crew, says Alkvist.
Thomas Nordberg, operations manager at the Gothenburg rescue center, says in a video press release from the area of the landslide that rescue work will continue throughout the day.
Task leader Roy Alkvist informs VG that rescue teams will enter the landslide area by the red arrow in the image.
Plans have been made for rescue teams to enter the lower part of the “red zone”.
– There is a risk of entering that area. We depend on having a lot of crew to be able to get out quickly, Alkvist said early Friday.
The red arrow shows where rescue teams plan to enter the landslide. The red field shows the landslide area at Gjerdrum. On Wednesday, police said the landslide is approximately 700 meters long and 300 meters wide. Since then it has expanded a bit as it has flaked where new masses have emerged.
