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ASK (Dagbladet): Six dead have been recovered from the landslide area at Gjerdrum in Ask municipality. Four people are still missing.
At a press conference on Sunday afternoon, the chief of police operations, Bjørn Willesrud, emphasizes that they still hope to find survivors.
– We are on a rescue operation until something else is decided. More searches are planned for the afternoon and evening, Willesrud says.
The search moves a little further north to get intelligence information, he says. Otherwise, work is still being done on the evacuation of livestock.
Kudos to the emergency services – they made a big impression
– anxious
However, the head of on-site health operations, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, is concerned about the time that has passed. The rescue operation has been going on for four days.
The landslide lasted until the night of December 30.
– Time is important. And now that it’s so cold, we’re looking forward to the time that has passed, says Heyerdahl.
But he also emphasizes that there are things that make them hope to find survivors.
– There may be insulated airbags in the avalanche. So we hope there are survivors. It’s an ongoing evaluation, he says.
Important documents recovered
Can go back
Toril Hofshagen in NVE also explains why evacuees in Kogstad north of Ask can return.
46 people were evacuated on New Year’s Eve after finding cracks in the ground and clay in a stream. The largest crack, at the top of a slope, is said to have been 20 meters long and one meter wide, NVE said.
– There is no danger of landslides, says Hofshagen. It states that, in any case, this area will be mapped and studied in the future.
– I am very impressed with the work being done at the scene of the accident, which is being carried out with all its intensity. We get reports from our resources that they feel this is going very well. We provide safety advice, while continuously monitoring avalanche edges. It looks stable and good at the moment, says Hofshagen.
