Here they look for survivors in the landslide

Time and again, specially trained search and rescue personnel went out into the landslides in Gjerdrum on Sunday night. The search for survivors continues into the afternoon and into the night.

One of the ground teams, Inge Myhrer, Urban Search and Rescue Officer (USE) and Rescue Group Leader at the Nedre Romerike Fire Service, spoke about the demanding search conditions at a press conference Sunday night.

– It’s hard to move. We have to make roads where we have to move, he said.

– We paved roads where dog teams mark and search for buildings and where there may be cavities, Myhrer explained.

He said they are continually evaluating the safety of the well.

On Sunday night, the police announced the names of two dead and two more shortly before 11 p.m. Three deaths had previously been identified. Family members have been notified.

The names of two of the seven dead have not been released. There are still three people missing.

These are the five that have now been identified:

• Eirik Grønolen (born 1989) – founded on January 1
• Lisbeth Neraas (born 1966) – found January 2
• Bjørn-Ivar Grymyr Jansen (born 1980) – found January 2
• Alma Grymyr Jansen (born 2018) – found January 2
• Marius Brustad (born 1991) – founded on January 3

As rescuers continued the difficult and dangerous work in the landslide zone in Gjerdrum, residents and visitors lit torches and candles along the seven-kilometer road from Ask to Kløfta.

Among the many who lit candles for the victims after the catastrophe were Wenche Tyldum of Oslo and her daughters, Inger Levine (10) and Matea (13).

In Gjerdrum, many villagers made the journey to Brådalsfjellet and lit candles and made snow lanterns. Individually, in pairs or in small groups, people would stand and look silently over the village. It is divided both physically and visually in two: a part that is obscured and partially destroyed by the landslide, another part where the lights still shine.