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SEVEN DEAD: On Sunday night, the seventh deceased was removed from the area. Photo: HELGE MIKALSEN
At 7 p.m. Sunday, the police confirmed the finding of another person who died in the ruins after the landslide in Gjerdrum. A total of seven people have been found dead. Three still to go.
It comes just hours after police found the sixth victim on Sunday morning.
– The latest news in the rescue operation is that at 17.27 we made a discovery of a person in the area of the landslide. Unfortunately, the person was confirmed dead at the scene, says Bjørn Christian Willersrud, police operations manager.
– The deceased was found after very good cooperation between the police intelligence service, police dogs and USAR crews, says Willersrud.
He says police are still searching for survivors and more searches are planned during the afternoon and evening.
– This is still a rescue operation until something else is decided.
All of the human finds so far have been made by USAR teams from Oslo and Romerike Brann og Redningsetat, who have been working on the ground in the landslide zone throughout Sunday.
Thus, seven people have been found dead so far, one on Friday, three on Saturday and three on Sunday.
The police work with identification and then notification to relatives. Three more are missing. Ten are also injured, one of them seriously.
Work is being done on all parts of the landslide and below you can see a drone image of what the landslide site looks like on Sunday.
Photograph: Hans O. Torgersen / Aftenposten / NTB
You have used the defense paver
Armed Forces cobblestones were pushed into the landslide area in Gjerdrum at 1:30 on Sunday night, live video from the area shows.
– Now he uses the help of the defense with paving equipment, to ensure the years of entry he has to the scene of the accident, confirms to VG the operations manager Gisle Sveen in the Eastern police district.
Sveen explains that they have managed to finish the groundwork required to use the heavy equipment earlier than expected and therefore use it already tonight.
DEATH: The sixth deceased was removed from the landslide zone at two in the afternoon on Sunday. Photo: TORE KRISTIANSEN
- What are the latest news? You will get the latest news and what we know about the landslide in the VG news studio.
- Has anyone died? Six people have been confirmed dead.
- How many are missing One of the six dead has been confirmed to be among the ten missing persons. The police still hope to find people alive.
UNSAFE: There is a high probability that more houses will collapse in the avalanche. This is how the floor looked in these houses on Sunday afternoon. Photo: TORE KRISTIANSEN
The Armed Forces engineer battalion has been ready to assist with a paver for rescue work, which can be driven and crews more safely brought to the landslide zone.
The pavement has not been used before, because it was considered too heavy for the terrain conditions in the area where it was recorded.
The tops of the vehicles slide onto a 26-meter-long bridge. The Armed Forces use the paver to cross rivers, among other things.
The walkways that have already been established and that rescue teams have used to enter the area, are made of polystyrene boards that are supported by wood and rod because the surface is unstable.
SEE BELOW: Photos of helicopters from the landslide area
Extended search overnight
The ground search continued overnight and has continued throughout Sunday.
– Tonight has lasted much longer than originally planned, because good progress was possible, operations manager Terje Marstad told VG at 07.30.
One of the reasons that progress was good was that military cobblestones became possible, he confirms.
– Without a doubt, he says and adds:
-There are certainly many crews that are tired, but they continue tirelessly, says Marstad.
The edges of the landslides are still unstable. So far, nine buildings with 31 homes have been taken.
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