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– It is extremely important that people stay away. This is unpredictable and out of control, says the person in charge of Stannum AS, the company responsible for the masts, Stein Øyvind Bystrøm to NTB on Sunday morning.
– If they start to rage, 10 to 15 masts can be knocked down as a result of the domino effect, he adds.
Statkraft and Avinor without electricity
This applies to the masts between Gvepseborg near Rjukan and Kalhovd, the company states on Facebook.
Around 35 customers are now without power, including a dam plant for Statkraft and an aviation security system for Avinor. Both are operated in one unit, says Bystrøm.
Bystrøm says the first masts began to break as early as Tuesday.
– Then we had a real accident, but it is not like now, he emphasizes.
– By Saturday morning, eight pieces had broken and eight at night, he says.
More masts were expected to break overnight through Sunday, Telemarksavisa reported Saturday night.
The difficult situation makes it too dangerous to repair the damage and it is difficult for crews to reach the scene. Photo: Stannum AS / NTB
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Impossible to collect
It is unclear how many people were torn to pieces on Sunday as crews have not had a chance to go to the scene.
– The crew that was ready to get up at 8.30 couldn’t get up because a tree had fallen on a cable on the runway they were going to use, says Bystrøm.
He adds that the danger of the masts continuing to collide means that the damage cannot be repaired for now.
– This is a very demanding situation, emphasizes Bystrøm.
He says that around 3,000 customers in the area have also been affected by minor power outages in the last week.
– The reason is the weather. It’s frozen with snow and ice, he adds.
