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GJERDRUM (Dagbladet): In the early hours of Wednesday, there was a large landslide in the south of the center of Ask in the municipality of Gjerdrum in Viken.
Currently, the police have a summary of 14 affected addresses. In several of the directions there are several housing units. It is a priority to identify who is registered at the addresses and then contact them to get an overview of the missing persons.
– Despite the fact that the police do not have any reports that someone is missing, we assume there are people missing in the landslide area, the police write.
A total of ten people were injured after the landslide.
One person is seriously injured and has been taken to Ullevål Hospital for treatment. Four people have suffered moderate injuries and have been transferred to Ahus, while the rest have suffered minor injuries and are being treated in the emergency room.
MASSIVE RACE: Several helicopters circulate over the area of the landslide and evacuate the people affected by the landslide. The photo was taken from the 330 Squadron helicopter. Photo: 330 Squadron / HRS Southern Norway
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For the moment, the police have not been able to fully penetrate the area for security reasons, and task force leader Roger Pettersen cannot rule out missing persons.
– There is great danger in that area and it is made up of fast clay. We are still working to get people out of the evacuation zone and we don’t know when we can get into the most serious landslide area, Pettersen says.
Police work on the basis that there may still be people trapped within the area of the landslide.
– We are also working to ensure that we can eventually receive reports of missing persons. That is, people who have not been counted. That is the challenge. If these people are within the red area.
– We have a hypothesis that it is real, he says.
The innermost area is monitored by helicopters and drones.
Desperate people call and lie under shingles and insulation
– Dangerous and unpredictable
NVE geologists are conducting studies in the landslide area Wednesday morning, which consists of a mass of clay.
The geologists will present their report with a view to further recommendations.
– When they tell us that the crew can enter, it will be done, says Pettersen.
LARGE AREA: Several houses have been taken over by a massive landslide in the Gjerdrum municipality in Viken. Photo: Lars E vivos Bones / Dagbladet
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– This is a serious situation. It is an extensive landslide and has occurred in the middle of the night, Operations Manager Kjetil Ringseth in the East Dagbladet Police District said early Wednesday.
– There are several houses that have gone, but we do not have an overview of how many, says operations manager Svein Walle.
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Hundreds evacuated
The police have chosen to expand the evacuation area on Wednesday morning.
– Due to the specific landslide that has occurred, it causes problems with water and other things further south. We have decided to evacuate further south. Those who are affected by this will be notified by the municipality. – There is no drama in that. We have the experience that it fills up with clay for example in rivers after that, and we do this to be safe.
A nursing home has also been evacuated.
MORE INJURIES: Several people are injured after the landslide and the police inform Dagbladet that several houses have disappeared. Photo: Lars E vivos Bones / Dagbladet
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Police do not have a big picture of how many have been evacuated, but say large numbers of people are being spoken about. Several buses have been ordered to transport people out of the area.
Mayor Anders Østensen told NTB that around 500 people have been evacuated so far.
– There may be talk of evacuating a significant number more, he says.
The Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness writes in a Twitter message on Wednesday morning that they are closely monitoring the situation and the Minister of Justice is kept informed on an ongoing basis.
COMPREHENSIVE: The landslide has spread over a large area in the Gjerdrum municipality in Viken. Several residential houses were taken over by the landslide. Photo: Tipser
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OUS in red ready
The Oslo University Hospital has been put on a red alert, press officer Anders Bayer confirms to Dagbladet.
– According to the plan, this means that the resources are mapped, among other things, we also compare it with the reported incident and call the crews that are needed in relation to the scope, he says.
The first and only patient so far arrived at the hospital at 06.36, Bayer informs Dagbladet at 07.30.
Ahus is also on red alert.
EVACUATE: People affected by the landslide are evacuated by helicopter, police say. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
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The emergency services work in the morning to have an overview of the place and the public is asked to keep their distance.
– Now there are large forces in the area, both with voluntary resources and with the police. Both the Sea King rescue helicopter and the police helicopter are in the air to get an overview of range, Ringseth says.
The landslide has covered a large area, and the 120 Holt – Ask / Gjerdrum county road is completely closed due to the landslide, according to Vegtrafikksentralen.
Dagbladet updates the case.
